Where does “styld” come from?

styld (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse stuldr, from Proto-Germanic stuldiz, from Proto-Germanic stelaną, from Proto-Indo-European tsel- — to sneak.

styld (Old Swedish): theft

Definitions

  1. theft

Ancestry of “styld”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestuldrtheft
2Proto-Germanicstuldizstealing, theft; stealth, going stealthily
3Proto-Germanicstelanąto steal; to sneak
4Proto-Indo-Europeantsel-to sneak

Words derived from “styld”

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