shtetl (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[shtetl 词源字典]
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).[shtetl etymology, shtetl origin, 英语词源]