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Where does “stellen” come from?

stellen (German) comes 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.

stellen (German): to put, to place, to position, so that it...

Definitions

  1. to put, to place, to position, so that it...

Ancestry of “stellen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstellen—
2Old High Germanstellen—
3Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “stellen”

  • Anstellung
  • anstellen
  • stelle
  • Gleichstellung
  • wiederherstellen
  • Aluminiumherstellung
  • gegenüberstellen
  • Herstellungsprozess
  • Fahrzeughersteller
  • Hersteller
  • verstellbar
  • verstellen
  • unterstellen
  • Zeitumstellung
  • Umstellung
  • Herstellungskosten
  • abbestellen
  • bestellen
  • stell
  • Unterstellung
  • Nickelherstellung
  • Herstellung
  • einstellen
  • Vorstellung
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