Where does “stellen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “stellen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstellanto set, to place
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- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stalljan →Every word from Old English stellan →