Where does “Unfallstelle” come from?

Unfallstelle (German) comes from German Stelle, 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.

Unfallstelle (German): accident site

Definitions

  1. accident site

Ancestry of “Unfallstelle”, step by step

Unfallstelle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Stelle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStelleplace, stead, location, position, lieu; position...
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 Unfall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnfallaccident
2Middle High Germanunval
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-