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Where does “stillī” come from?

stillī (Old High German) comes from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

stillī (Old High German): stillness

Definitions

  1. stillness

Ancestry of “stillī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High German-ī-ness
2Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
3Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “stillī”

  • штиль
  • Stille
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