Where does “wintstell” come from?

wintstell (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Wint, from Middle Low German wint, from Old Saxon wind, from Proto-West Germanic wind, from Proto-Germanic windaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

wintstell (Plautdietsch): windless, calm

Definitions

  1. windless, calm

Ancestry of “wintstell”, step by step

wintstell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Wint

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschWintwind
2Middle Low Germanwint—
3Old Saxonwind—
4Proto-West Germanicwindwind
5Proto-Germanicwindazwind
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wéh₁n̥tsblowing; that which blows; the wind, air
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wḗh₁tito blow
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

via Plautdietsch stell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschstellquiet, silent, still
2Middle Low Germanstille—
3Old Saxonstilli—
4Proto-West Germanicstillīstill; quiet
5Proto-Indo-European(s)telH-to be silent, be still
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- →