Etymology Explorer
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Where does “stilte” come from?
stilte (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic stiltijǭ, from Proto-Germanic stelt- — to be stiff.
Ancestry of “stilte”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
stiltijǭ
—
2
Proto-Germanic
stelt-
to be stiff
Words derived from “stilte”
stilt
stiltlike
stilty
stiltwalker
stiltish
stilte
stiltbird
stiltify
stilter
stiltwalking
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