sztacheta

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Stakete, Staket, itself borrowed in the fifteenth century from Middle French estakette, estachette, derived from Old French estache (“pole, stake”), a Germanic borrowing equalling German Staken, English stake from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“pole, stick, stake”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“pole, stick, stake”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʂtaˈxɛ.ta/

Noun

sztacheta f

1. pale, picket (wooden stake driven into the ground forming part of a fence)

Declension

Declension of sztacheta

	singular	plural
nominative	sztacheta	sztachety
genitive	sztachety	sztachet
dative	sztachecie	sztachetom
accusative	sztachetę	sztachety
instrumental	sztachetą	sztachetami
locative	sztachecie	sztachetach
vocative	sztacheto	sztachety

Derived terms

• sztacheciarz
• sztachetowy

Descendants

• → Ukrainian: штахе́ти, штахе́т (štaxéty, štaxét)