sztetl
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Yiddish שטעטל (shtetl, “small town, village”), from שטאָט (shtot, “city”), from Old High German stat, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sztetl m inan
- (historical) shtetl (Jewish village or small town)
Declension edit
Declension of sztetl
Further reading edit
- sztetl in Polish dictionaries at PWN