Where does “sitta still i båten” come from?
sitta still i båten (Swedish) comes from Swedish still, 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 — he, she.
sitta still i båten (Swedish): to not take (drastic) action (in a difficult situation, and instead wait or carry on as before or the like); to stand by, to stay calm, etc
Definitions
- to not take (drastic) action (in a difficult situation, and instead wait or carry on as before or the like); to stand by, to stay calm, etc
Ancestry of “sitta still i båten”, step by step
sitta still i båten traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish still
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | still | still |
| 2 | Swedish | stilla | still, calm; to still; to make quiet |
| 3 | Old Swedish | stilla | to calm; to stop a flow; to suppress |
| 4 | Old Norse | stilla | to calm |
| 5 | Middle Low German | stillen | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | stillian | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | i | used to signify that an action is done with... |
| 2 | Swedish | hop | heap, collection; a whole bunch |
| 3 | Old Norse | hópr | heap; group |
| 4 | Middle Low German | hōp | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | hōp | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haup | heap, pile |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haupaz | a heap, pile; a crowd, throng |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | koupos | hill |