Where does “שטילן” come from?

שטילן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שטיל, from Middle High German stille, from Old High German stillī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

שטילן (Yiddish): to hush, to still, to quiet

Definitions

  1. to hush, to still, to quiet

Ancestry of “שטילן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשטילquiet; still
2Middle High Germanstille—
3Old High Germanstillīstillness
4Old High German-ī-ness
5Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “שטילן”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →