Where does “stellen” come from?

stellen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch stellen, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

Definitions

Ancestry of “stellen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchstellen
2Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “stellen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-
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