shtetl 东欧的犹太小镇来自依地语 shtetl,小镇，小词形式于德语 Stadt,城镇，来自 PIE*sta,站，站立，词源同 stand,state.
- shtetl (n.)
- Jewish small town or village in Eastern Europe, 1949, from Yiddish, literally "little town," from diminutive of German Stadt "city, town," from Old High German stat "place," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
