Where does “stilte” come from?

stilte (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch stilte, from Dutch te, from Middle Dutch te, from Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic ta, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

stilte (Afrikaans): silence

Definitions

  1. silence

Ancestry of “stilte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstiltesilence
2Dutchtetoo; to; located at, in, on
3Middle Dutchteat, in; to, towards; at, during
4Old Dutchte—
5Proto-Germanictato
6Proto-Germanictōto
7Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European de →Every word from Proto-Germanic tō →Every word from Proto-Germanic ta →