Where does “ordstilling” come from?

ordstilling (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk stilling, 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 — he, she.

ordstilling (Norwegian Nynorsk): word order

Definitions

  1. word order

Ancestry of “ordstilling”, step by step

ordstilling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk stilling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskstillingposition; post
2Norwegian Nynorskstillequiet; still; quiet, silent
3Norwegian Bokmålstillesilent; still; quiet
4Old Norsestillato calm
5Middle Low Germanstillen—
6Old Saxonstillian—
7Proto-West Germanicstillijanto make still, quiet
8Proto-West Germanic-janCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
9Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she

via Norwegian Nynorsk ord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskorda word
2Old Norseorðword
3Proto-Germanicwurdąword
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →