Where does “still” come from?

still (German) comes 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...

still (German): quiet, silent; quietly, silently

Definitions

  1. quiet, silent; quietly, silently

Ancestry of “still”, step by step

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

Words derived from “still

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂