Where does “stēlen” come from?

stēlen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch stelan, from Proto-Germanic stelaną, from Proto-Indo-European tsel- — to sneak.

stēlen (Middle Dutch): to steal

Definitions

  1. to steal

Ancestry of “stēlen”, step by step

stēlen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch stelan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchstelanto steal
2Proto-Germanicstelanąto steal; to sneak
3Proto-Indo-Europeantsel-to sneak

via Old Saxon stelan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonstelanto steal
2Proto-West Germanic*stelanto steal

Words derived from “stēlen”

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