Where does “vaststellen” come from?

vaststellen (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.

vaststellen (Dutch): to determine, to ascertain; to set, to establish

Definitions

  1. to determine, to ascertain; to set, to establish

Ancestry of “vaststellen”, step by step

vaststellen 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 vast

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvastfirm, fast, tight; fixed, not moving or changing;...
2Middle Dutchvast
3Old Dutchfastfirm, strong
4Proto-West Germanicfastfixed, fast
5Proto-Germanicfastuzfixed, firm, secure

Words derived from “vaststellen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-