Shtetl Definition
shtĕtl, shtātl
shtetlach, shtetls
noun
Any of the former Jewish village communities of E Europe, esp. in Russia.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Shtetl
Noun
Singular:
shtetl
Plural:
shtetlach, shtetlsOrigin of Shtetl
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From Yiddish שטעטל (shtetl, “small town, village"), from שטאָט (shtot, “city") (compare German Stadt), from Old High German stat, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéhâ‚‚tis.
From Wiktionary
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Yiddish from Middle High German stetel diminutive of stat town from Old High German place stā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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