English
Hallstattian
From Hallstatt + -ian.
Formed from Hallstatt + -ian
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
…
Middle High German stat
German Stadt ‘city’
German Statt ‘place, stead’
German Hallstatt
English Hallstatt
The story
Some of the earliest archaeological evidence for the Celts was found in Hallstatt.
Today it means
adj Of or relating to the Hallstatt culture, often linked to Celtic, Proto-Celtic, and pre-Illyrian peoples in Early Iron Age Europe, c.800–450 BC.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hallstattian