Where does “stillen” come from?

stillen (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...

stillen (German): to nurse, to breastfeed; to quench

Definitions

  1. to nurse, to breastfeed; to quench

Ancestry of “stillen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stillen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →