Proto-Germanic

*stelaną

‘to steal’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *stelaną.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *stelaną, most familiar first.

• stolen ← *stulanaz
• steal ← stelen ← stelan ← *stelan
• stealth ← stelthe ← stǣlþ ← *stēliþō

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *stelaną