Hallstatt

== English == === Etymology === From German Hallstatt. === Proper noun === Hallstatt A village in Salzkammergut, Austria, known historically for the production of salt. The Hallstatt culture of the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age. ==== Derived terms ==== Hallstattian == German == === Etymology === The second element is Statt (“place, stead”). Traditionally the first element is taken to be a borrowing from Celtic for ‘salt’, such as Welsh halen or Breton holen; see Proto-Celtic *salanos. David Stifter rejects the traditional etymology because of several problems, among them: the element hall- exists only in names of places settled by Germanic speakers (and nowhere else in the Celtic-speaking areas), the *s > *h sound change is not attested in Continental Celtic, derivation from the ‘salt’ word would have given a non-geminated final l. He instead derives it from Proto-Germanic *hallą, from Proto-Indo-European *kHlnom (“hardened skin, encrustation”), referring to encrusted salt forming during the simmering of brine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhalˌʃtat/ Hyphenation: Hall‧statt === Proper noun === Hallstatt n (proper noun, genitive Hallstatts or (optionally with an article) Hallstatt) a municipality of Upper Austria, Austria === References ===