Where does “stelen” come from?
stelen (Middle English) comes from Old English stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan.
stelen (Middle English): to steal
Ancestry of “stelen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | stelan | to steal |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *stelan | — |
Words derived from “stelen”