Where does “stilli” come from?

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

Ancestry of “stilli”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stilli

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