Where does “*mystal” come from?

*mystal (Middle English) comes from Proto-Germanic stal-, from Proto-Indo-European stelə- — stem, trunk, base.

Ancestry of “*mystal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstal-to place, set
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstelə-stem, trunk, base
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stelə- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stal- →