Where does “stillijan” come from?

stillijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

stillijan (Proto-West Germanic): to make still, quiet

Definitions

  1. to make still, quiet

Ancestry of “stillijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-janCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
2Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “stillijan”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →
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