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Where does “stille” come from?

stille (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch stilli, from Proto-West Germanic stillī, from Proto-Indo-European (s)telH- — to be silent, be still.

Ancestry of “stille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchstilli—
2Proto-West Germanicstillīstill; quiet
3Proto-Indo-European(s)telH-to be silent, be still
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