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Where does “stelled” come from?

stelled (English) comes from English Stell, from Middle English stellen, from Old English stellan, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

stelled (English): simple past tense and past participle of stell;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of stell;...

Ancestry of “stelled”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishStell—
2Middle Englishstellen—
3Old Englishstellanto set, to place
4Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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