Where does “stälen” come from?

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

stälen (Plautdietsch): to steal

Definitions

  1. to steal

Ancestry of “stälen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchstēlento steal
2Old Dutchstelanto steal
3Proto-Germanicstelanąto steal; to sneak
4Proto-Indo-Europeantsel-to sneak

Words derived from “stälen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tsel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stelaną →Every word from Old Dutch stelan →