Where does “sidestille” come from?
sidestille (Danish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
sidestille (Danish): to juxtapose
Definitions
- to juxtapose
Ancestry of “sidestille”, step by step
sidestille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish stille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | stille | still; quiet; calm |
| 2 | Old Norse | stilla | to calm |
| 3 | Middle Low German | stillen | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | stillian | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Danish side
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | side | page |
| 2 | Old Danish | sithæ | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | síða | side |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sīdǭ | side |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sīdaz | drooping, hanging down, pendulous, long,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sēy- | to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit; to linger |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe- | demonstrative particle; here; this, here |