Where does “stilte” come from?

stilte (Dutch) comes 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 (Dutch): silence

Definitions

  1. silence

Ancestry of “stilte”, step by step

stilte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch te

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtetoo; to; located at, in, on
2Middle Dutchteat, in; to, towards; at, during
3Old Dutchte—
4Proto-Germanictato
5Proto-Germanictōto
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

via Dutch stil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstilstill, not moving; quiet, silent
2Middle Dutchstille—
3Old Dutchstillistill, quiet
4Proto-West Germanicstillīstill; quiet
5Proto-Indo-European(s)telH-to be silent, be still

Words derived from “stilte”

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