Where does “still” come from?
still (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.
still (Norwegian Nynorsk): imperative of stilla; Alternative form of stille;...
Definitions
- imperative of stilla; Alternative form of stille;...
Ancestry of “still”, step by step
| 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 |