Where does “ligestilling” come from?
ligestilling (Danish) comes from Danish ligestille, from Danish stille, from Old Norse stilla, from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon stillian, from Proto-West Germanic stillijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
ligestilling (Danish): equality equal rights or equal status, especially between genders
Definitions
- equality equal rights or equal status, especially between genders
Ancestry of “ligestilling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | ligestille | to equalize, equate status, rights etc |
| 2 | Danish | stille | still; quiet; calm |
| 3 | Old Norse | stilla | to calm |
| 4 | Middle Low German | stillen | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | stillian | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |