Where does “bestellen” come from?

bestellen (German) comes 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.

bestellen (German): to order; to order to come, to summon; to reserve

Definitions

  1. to order; to order to come, to summon; to reserve

Ancestry of “bestellen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstellento put, to place, to position, so that it...
2Middle High Germanstellento put, to place
3Old High Germanstellen—
4Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “bestellen”

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