Where does “blixtstilla” come from?
blixtstilla (Swedish) comes from Swedish stilla, from Old Swedish stilla, from Old Norse stilla, from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon stillian, from Proto-West Germanic stillijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
Ancestry of “blixtstilla”, step by step
blixtstilla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish stilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stilla | still, calm; to still; to make quiet |
| 2 | Old Swedish | stilla | to calm; to stop a flow; to suppress |
| 3 | Old Norse | stilla | to calm |
| 4 | Middle Low German | stillen | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | stillian | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish blixt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | blixt | lightning; flash; a burst of light; flash; device... |