stolen

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*stelaną“to steal”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*stulanaz
3. Old English · inherited fromstolen
4. Middle English · inherited fromstolen
5. English todaystolen

From Middle English stolen, istolen, from Old English stolen, ġestolen, from Proto-Germanic *stulanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *stelaną (“to steal”), equivalent to stole + -en. Cognate with Scots stellin, stollin (“stolen”), Saterland Frisian stäälen (“stolen”), West Frisian stellen (“stolen”), Dutch gestolen (“stolen”), German Low German stohlen (“stolen”), German gestohlen (“stolen”), Swedish stulen (“stolen”).

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