Where does “stælla” come from?
stælla (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German stellen, from Old Saxon stellian, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.
Ancestry of “stælla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | stellen | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | stellian | to place |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | stalljan | to put, to place |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |