Where does “stillhet” come from?
stillhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Swedish stilla, from Old Swedish 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 — he, she.
stillhet (Norwegian Bokmål): peace; silence; calm
Definitions
- peace; silence; calm
Ancestry of “stillhet”, step by step
stillhet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish stilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stilla | still, calm; to still; to make quiet |
| 2 | Old Swedish | stilla | to calm; to stop a flow; to suppress |
| 3 | Old Norse | stilla | to calm |
| 4 | Middle Low German | stillen | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | stillian | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Norwegian Bokmål het
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | het | hot; simple past of hete |
| 2 | Old Norse | heitr | hot |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | haitaz | hot |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *keHy- | to heat |
via Norwegian Bokmål stille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | stille | silent; still; quiet |