English

instealing

From in + steal (“sneak”) + -ing.

Formed from in + steal ‘sneak’ + -ing

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in ‘inside’

English in

Proto-Germanic *stelaną ‘to steal’

Proto-West Germanic *stelan ‘to steal’

Old English stelan ‘to steal’

Middle English stelen ‘to steal’

English steal

Today it means

adj entering or manifesting surreptitiously

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

Etymograph / instealing