Where does “Stiller Ozean” come from?

Stiller Ozean (German) comes from German still, from Middle High German stille, from Old High German stillī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Stiller Ozean (German): Pacific Ocean

Definitions

  1. Pacific Ocean

Ancestry of “Stiller Ozean”, step by step

Stiller Ozean traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German still

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstillquiet, silent; quietly, silently
2Middle High Germanstille
3Old High Germanstillīstillness
4Old High German-ness
5Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via German Ozean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOzeanocean
2LatinŌceanus
3Ancient Greekὠκεανόςocean
4Ancient GreekὨκεανόςthe great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Old High German Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄