Etymograph

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Stelle

Stelle comes from German Stelle ‘location, spot’, from stellen ‘causative of stehen: to put, place, position…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stel-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-‘to put, to place’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stalljan‘to put, place’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050stellen
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form‘to put, to place’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form‘causative of stehen: to put, place, position such that it stands upright’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentStelle‘location, spot’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-‘to put, to place’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stalljan‘to put, place’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050stellen
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form‘to put, to place’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form‘causative of stehen: to put, place, position such that it stands upright’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentStelle‘location, spot’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to put, to place’

local, location, allow, install, locate, stole, lieu, stall, stool, loco, stalk, locus, locator, apostle, stale, epistle, locative, apostolate, stolid, stela, stele, 32 more

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *stel- / Stelle

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