An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Stadt

by Friedrich Kluge

Stadt, f., ‘city, town,’ from MidHG. stat, f., ‘place, situation, spot, locality, town,’ OLG. stat, f., ‘place, spot.’ Prop. identical with Statt and Stätte (the meaning ‘town’ was first developed in the MidHG. period; the earlier term was Burg, OHG. and MidHG. burc, f.). See Statt.