Where does “ställa” come from?

ställa (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish stælla, 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.

ställa (Swedish): to set; to put something down in an upright...

Definitions

  1. to set; to put something down in an upright...

Ancestry of “ställa”, step by step

ställa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish stælla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishstællato place upright somewhere
2Middle Low Germanstellen—
3Old Saxonstellianto place
4Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Old Swedish stalder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishstalder—
2Old Norsestallra stall, pedestal, shelf
3Proto-Germanicstallazstanding, position, stall, stable
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstelǝ-—

Words derived from “ställa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stalljan →Every word from Old Saxon stellian →