Proto-Indo-European

*tsel-

‘to sneak’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *tsel-.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *tsel-, most familiar first.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tsel-