Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stelaną

Etymology
According to Kroonen & Lubotsky (2009), from (compare e.g. 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬). The supposed metathesis *ts > *st has no exact parallels, but a similar development appears in, from 🇨🇬. Numerous other etymologies with semantic or phonetic difficulties have been earlier proposed as well.

Verb

 * 1) to steal
 * 2) to sneak