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Where does “שטעלן” come from?

שטעלן (Yiddish) comes from Old High German stellen, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

שטעלן (Yiddish): to put; to put, set, pose a question; stand up

Definitions

  1. to put; to put, set, pose a question; stand up

Ancestry of “שטעלן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstellen—
2Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “שטעלן”

  • פֿאַרשטעלן
  • אונטערשטעלן
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