stell

stell · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*stel-“to place, put, post, stand”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*stalljan“to put, position”
3. Old English · inherited fromstellan“to give a place to, set, place”
4. Middle English · inherited fromstellen
5. English todaystell

From Middle English stellen, from Old English stellan (“to give a place to, set, place”), from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan (“to put, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with Dutch stellen (“to set, put”), dated Low German stellen (“to put, place, fix”), German stellen (“to set, place, provide”), Old English steall (“position, place”). More at stall.

stell · noun²

Alteration of stall, after the verb to stell.

Stell · proper noun³

From stell ("prop") or stell ("place")?

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