Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stillī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”).

Adjective

*stillī

1. still
2. quiet

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*stillī
Genitive	*stillijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*stillī	*stilliju	*stillī
Accusative	*stillijanā	*stillijā	*stillī
Genitive	*stillijas	*stillijeʀā	*stillijas
Dative	*stillijumē	*stillijeʀē	*stillijumē
Instrumental	*stilliju	*stillijeʀu	*stilliju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*stillijē	*stillijō	*stilliju
Accusative	*stillijā	*stillijā	*stilliju
Genitive	*stillijeʀō	*stillijeʀō	*stillijeʀō
Dative	*stillijēm, *stillijum	*stillijēm, *stillijum	*stillijēm, *stillijum
Instrumental	*stillijēm, *stillijum	*stillijēm, *stillijum	*stillijēm, *stillijum

Derived terms

• *stillēn
• *stillijan
• *stillinassī

Descendants

• Old English: stille
  • Middle English: stille
    • English: still
    • Scots: stil, still
• Old Frisian: stille, still
  • Saterland Frisian: stil
  • West Frisian: stil
• Old Saxon: stilli
  • Middle Low German: stille
    • Low German: still
    • → Norwegian: stille
    • → Swedish: stilla
    • → Danish: stille
• Old Dutch: stilli
  • Middle Dutch: stille
    • Dutch: stil
      • Afrikaans: stil
• Old High German: stilli
  • Middle High German: stille
    • German: still
    • Luxembourgish: stëll
    • Vilamovian: śtył
    • Yiddish: שטיל (shtil)