Where does “psychill” come from?
psychill (English) comes from English chill, from Middle English ichille, from Middle English Will, from Middle English William, from Anglo-Norman Willame, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.
psychill (English): A subgenre of psytrance that is influenced by reggae and psybient
Definitions
- A subgenre of psytrance that is influenced by reggae and psybient
Ancestry of “psychill”, step by step
psychill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chill | A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating... |
| 2 | Middle English | ichille | I will |
| 3 | Middle English | Will | — |
| 4 | Middle English | William | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | Willame | — |
| 6 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 7 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |
via English psytrance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | psytrance | A genre of trance music characterized by hypnotic... |
| 2 | English | trance | A dazed or unconscious condition; A state of... |
| 3 | Middle English | traunce | A trance or faint; An inability to perceive... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | transe | fear of coming evil; passage from life to death |
| 5 | Old French | transir | to cut through, pass through; to be numb with... |
| 6 | Latin | trānseō | to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by |
| 7 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 8 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 9 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |