Where does “Stillehavet” come from?
Stillehavet (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk stille, 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 — he, she.
Stillehavet (Norwegian Nynorsk): the Pacific Ocean
Definitions
- the Pacific Ocean
Ancestry of “Stillehavet”, step by step
Stillehavet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk stille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | stille | quiet; still; quiet, silent |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | stille | silent; still; quiet |
| 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 |