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

Words derived from “stellen”

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