Where does “ŝteli” come from?

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

ŝteli (Esperanto): to steal

Definitions

  1. to steal

Ancestry of “ŝteli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstehlento steal; to skulk, to move secretly
2Middle High Germanstëlnto steal
3Old High Germanstelan
4Proto-Germanicstelanąto steal; to sneak
5Proto-Indo-Europeantsel-to sneak

Words derived from “ŝteli

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tsel-Every word from Proto-Germanic stelanąEvery word from Old High German stelan