Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stillī
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”).
Adjective edit
*stillī[1]
Inflection edit
| 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 edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: stille
- Old Frisian: stille, still
- Old Saxon: stilli
- Old Dutch: stilli
- Old High German: stilli
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “still”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN: “wg. *stellja-”