Where does “omstille” come from?
omstille (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål stille, 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.
omstille (Norwegian Bokmål): to readjust, rearrange, reset; to adjust, adapt,...
Definitions
- to readjust, rearrange, reset; to adjust, adapt,...
Ancestry of “omstille”, step by step
omstille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål stille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | stille | silent; still; quiet |
| 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 Norwegian Bokmål om
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | om | around; in; about |
| 2 | Old Norse | um | about, concerning; round, past, beyond; over,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | umbi | around, about |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |