Where does “stilte” come from?

stilte (Middle English) comes from Old English stilte, from Proto-Germanic stiltijǭ, from Proto-Germanic stelt- — to be stiff.

Ancestry of “stilte”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old English	stilte	—
2	Proto-Germanic	stiltijǭ	—
3	Proto-Germanic	stelt-	to be stiff

Words derived from “stilte”

Every word from Proto-Germanic stelt- →

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