Where does “אונטערשטעלן” come from?

אונטערשטעלן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אונטער, from Old High German untar, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

אונטערשטעלן (Yiddish): to put underneath

Definitions

  1. to put underneath

Ancestry of “אונטערשטעלן”, step by step

אונטערשטעלן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish אונטער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאונטערunder
2Old High Germanuntarunder
3Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

via Yiddish שטעלן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשטעלןto put; to put, set, pose a question; stand up
2Old High Germanstellen—
3Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér →Every word from Proto-Germanic under →