An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Staden

by Friedrich Kluge

Staden, masculine, ‘bank, shore,’ from the equivalent Middle High German stade, Old High German stado, masculine; corresponding to Gothic staþ, Anglo-Saxon stœþ, Old Saxon stath, ‘bank.’ The common Teutonic stem staþo- (with which Gestade, Modern High German only, is connected) is formed from the Aryan root stā̆ (see stehen and Stätte), and signifies ‘bank’ in the sense of ‘terra firma,’ Staden is the genuine High German word for the properly Middle German and Low German Ufer.