Where does “ŝtelado” come from?

ŝtelado (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝteli, from German stehlen, from Middle High German stëln, from Old High German stelan, from Proto-Germanic stelaną, from Proto-Indo-European tsel- — to sneak.

ŝtelado (Esperanto): theft

Definitions

  1. theft

Ancestry of “ŝtelado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoŝtelito steal
2Germanstehlento steal; to skulk, to move secretly
3Middle High Germanstëlnto steal
4Old High Germanstelan—
5Proto-Germanicstelanąto steal; to sneak
6Proto-Indo-Europeantsel-to sneak
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tsel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stelaną →Every word from Old High German stelan →
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