Where does “stille” come from?

stille (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic stillī, from Proto-Indo-European (s)telH- — to be silent, be still.

stille (Old English): still; quiet; calm

Definitions

  1. still; quiet; calm

Ancestry of “stille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicstillīstill; quiet
2Proto-Indo-European(s)telH-to be silent, be still

Words derived from “stille”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)telH- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stillī →