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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchillA moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating...
2Middle EnglishichilleI will
3Middle EnglishWill
4Middle EnglishWilliam
5Anglo-NormanWillame
6Old High GermanWillahelmWilliam
7Old High Germanhelmhelmet
8Proto-West Germanichelmhelmet
9Proto-Germanichelmazhelmet
10Proto-Germanichalmazhalm; stem; stalk; straw; hay
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱolh₂mosstalk
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₂-to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab

via English psytrance

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpsytranceA genre of trance music characterized by hypnotic...
2EnglishtranceA dazed or unconscious condition; A state of...
3Middle EnglishtraunceA trance or faint; An inability to perceive...
4Anglo-Normantransefear of coming evil; passage from life to death
5Old Frenchtransirto cut through, pass through; to be numb with...
6Latintrānseōto traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by
7Latintrānsacross, beyond
8LatinPadusthe River Po
9LeponticBodincus
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
12Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₂-
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