Where does “núllstilla” come from?
núllstilla (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic stilla, from Old Norse stilla, from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon stillian, from Proto-West Germanic stillijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
núllstilla (Icelandic): to zero
Definitions
- to zero
Ancestry of “núllstilla”, step by step
núllstilla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic stilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | stilla | to calm, to still; to adjust; to tune |
| 2 | Old Norse | stilla | to calm |
| 3 | Middle Low German | stillen | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | stillian | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Icelandic núll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | núll | zero |
| 2 | Danish | nul | zero; no way; The numeric symbol that represents... |
| 3 | French | nul | no, nil; of poor quality, lousy, rubbish; lame |
| 4 | Middle French | nul | nobody; no one; none |
| 5 | Old French | nul | nobody; no one; none |
| 6 | Latin | nūllus | no one, none, not any, nothing |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | oinos | cardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |