Where does “tevredenstellen” come from?

tevredenstellen (Dutch) comes from Dutch stellen, from Middle Dutch stellen, from Old Dutch stellen, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

tevredenstellen (Dutch): to satisfy

Definitions

  1. to satisfy

Ancestry of “tevredenstellen”, step by step

tevredenstellen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch stellen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstellento position; place; to state, to put forward; to...
2Middle Dutchstellen
3Old Dutchstellen—
4Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Dutch tevreden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtevredencontent, satisfied
2Middle Dutchtevreden—
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