noun
pl.[also in roman type] any of the former Jewish village communities of E Europe, esp. in Russia
Origin of shtetl
Yiddish, diminutive of shtot, city from Middle High German stat, cityshtetl
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shtetl
noun
pl. shtetls, or shtet·lachA small Jewish town or village in Eastern Europe, especially before World War II.
Origin of shtetl
Yiddish from Middle High German stetel diminutive of stat town from Old High German place ; see stā- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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- shtot
Origin
From Yiddish שטעטל (shtetl, “small town, village"), from שט×ָט (shtot, “city") (compare German Stadt), from Old High German stat, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéhâ‚‚tis.
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