Where does “Glattstellung” come from?

Glattstellung (German) comes from German Stellung, from German Stellen, from Middle High German stellen, from Old High German stellen, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

Glattstellung (German): offsetting, closing out, squaring the process of closing an open market position by performing an equal and opposite transaction

Definitions

  1. offsetting, closing out, squaring the process of closing an open market position by performing an equal and opposite transaction

Ancestry of “Glattstellung”, step by step

Glattstellung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Stellung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStellungposition
2GermanStellengerund of stellen; plural of Stelle
3Middle High Germanstellento put, to place
4Old High Germanstellen
5Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via German glatt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanglattwithout roughness or unevenness: smooth; sleek,...
2Old High Germanglatbright
3Proto-West Germanicgladshining, shiny, radiant; bright, cheery,...
4Proto-Germanicgladazshining, shiny, radiant; bright, cheery,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰladh-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰel-to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-