Where does “stelen” come from?

stelen (Middle English) comes from Old English stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan — to steal.

stelen (Middle English): to steal

Definitions

  1. to steal

Ancestry of “stelen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stelen”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stelan →Every word from Old English stelan →