Where does “tilfredsstillende” come from?
tilfredsstillende (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tilfredsstille, from Danish 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 — he, she.
tilfredsstillende (Norwegian Bokmål): satisfactory; satisfying; satisfactorily
Definitions
- satisfactory; satisfying; satisfactorily
Ancestry of “tilfredsstillende”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tilfredsstille | to fulfil; to satisfy; to sate |
| 2 | Danish | stille | still; quiet; calm |
| 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 |