Where does “Fallenstellen” come from?

Fallenstellen (German) comes from German Falle, from German fällen, from Middle High German vellen, from Old High German fellen, from Proto-Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic fallijaną, from Proto-Germanic fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European pōl- — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.

Fallenstellen (German): trapping

Definitions

  1. trapping

Ancestry of “Fallenstellen”, step by step

Fallenstellen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Falle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFalletrap; bed; dative singular of Fall
2Germanfällento cut down, to fell; to precipitate; to make
3Middle High Germanvellen—
4Old High Germanfellen—
5Proto-Germanic*fallijan—
6Proto-Germanicfallijanąto cause to fall, to fell
7Proto-Germanicfallanąto fall
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpōl-—
9Slovincianpólhalf
10Proto-Slavicpolъside, flank; half; member of a pair of options →...
11Proto-Indo-European(s)pelH-to split off, separate; to chop, to separate

via German Stellen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStellengerund of stellen; plural of Stelle
2Middle High Germanstellento put, to place
3Old High Germanstellen—
4Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pelH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic polъ →Every word from Slovincian pól →