Where does “stelan” come from?

stelan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic stelaną, from Proto-Indo-European tsel- — to sneak.

stelan (Old Dutch): to steal

Definitions

  1. to steal

Ancestry of “stelan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstelanąto steal; to sneak
2Proto-Indo-Europeantsel-to sneak

Words derived from “stelan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tsel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stelaną →
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