Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stelaną

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

According to Kroonen & Lubotsky (2009), from Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (to sneak) (compare e.g. Sanskrit त्सर् (tsar), Shughni сӗрт (to steal, sneak), Old Armenian սողիմ (sołim, to creep, to steal)).[1] The supposed metathesis *ts > *st has no exact parallels, but a similar development appears in *spenô (nipple), from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (breast). Numerous other etymologies with semantic or phonetic difficulties have been earlier proposed as well.

Pronunciation

Verb

*stelaną[2][3][4]

  1. to steal
  2. to sneak

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References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus with Lubotsky, Alexander (2009) “Proto-Indo-European *tsel- 'to sneak' and Germanic *stelan- 'to steal, approach stealthily'”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, volume 14
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*stelan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 476
  3. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*stelanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 374
  4. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “STEL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 468