Where does “stehlen” come from?

stehlen (German) comes from Middle High German stëln, from Old High German stelan, from Proto-Germanic stelaną, from Proto-Indo-European tsel- — to sneak.

stehlen (German): to steal; to skulk, to move secretly

Definitions

  1. to steal; to skulk, to move secretly

Ancestry of “stehlen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstëlnto steal
2Old High Germanstelan—
3Proto-Germanicstelanąto steal; to sneak
4Proto-Indo-Europeantsel-to sneak

Words derived from “stehlen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tsel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stelaną →Every word from Old High German stelan →