Where does “stele” come from?

stele (Middle English) comes from Old English stela, from Proto-Germanic stelaną, from Proto-Indo-European tsel- — to sneak.

stele (Middle English): steel

Definitions

  1. steel

Ancestry of “stele”, step by step

stele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English stela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstelastalk (of a plant)
2Proto-Germanicstelanąto steal; to sneak
3Proto-Indo-Europeantsel-to sneak

via Old English stēle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstēle—

Words derived from “stele”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tsel- →