Where does “entstellen” come from?

entstellen (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.

entstellen (German): to disfigure somebody's looks; to distort the...

Definitions

  1. to disfigure somebody's looks; to distort the...

Ancestry of “entstellen”, step by step

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 stel- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stalljan →Every word from Old High German stellen →