Etymology

steelen

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Today it means: Made of steel. Full definition →

Middle English stelen ← Old English stīelen ← Proto-West Germanic *stahlīn
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*stahlīn
  2. Old English · inherited fromstīelen“made of steel”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromstelen
  4. English todaysteelen

From Middle English stelen, from Old English stīelen (“made of steel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stahlīn. By surface analysis, steel + -en.

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