Where does “stealingly” come from?

stealingly (English) comes from English stealing, from English steal, from Middle English stele, from Old English stela, from Proto-Germanic stelaną, from Proto-Indo-European tsel- — to sneak.

stealingly (English): By stealing; furtively or with invisible motion

Definitions

  1. By stealing; furtively or with invisible motion

Ancestry of “stealingly”, step by step

stealingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English stealing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstealingThe action of the verb "to steal", theft; That...
2EnglishstealTo take illegally, or without the owner's...
3Middle Englishstelesteel
4Old Englishstelastalk (of a plant)
5Proto-Germanicstelanąto steal; to sneak
6Proto-Indo-Europeantsel-to sneak

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tsel- →