still
English
/stɪl/
adj
Definitions
- Not moving; calm.
- Not effervescing; not sparkling.
- Uttering no sound; silent.
- (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
- Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
- (obsolete) Constant; continual.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stille (motionless, stationary) inherited from Old English stille (undisturbed, without motion, unchanging, not vehement, secret, silent, calm, gentle, fixed, moving little gently, at rest, stable, not moving from a place, quiet, still, not disturbed, not loud) inherited from *stillī (still, quiet, motionless) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (be still, be silent).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)telH-
Gloss
be still, be silent
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bestill English
- birth English
- born English
- house English
- room English
- stand English
- standstill English
- stillage English
- stillbirth English
- stillborn English
- stiller English
- stilleth English
- stillhouse English
- stillness English
- stillroom English
- stillsome English
- stillstand English
- stillth English
- stone English
- stone-still English
- unstill English
- unstillable English
- Stille German
- Stiller Ozean German
- Stillstand German
- mucksmäuschenstill German
- still German
- stillhalten German
- stillschweigen German
- stillsitzen German
- windstill German
- doodstil Dutch, Flemish
- stil Dutch, Flemish
- stilaan Dutch, Flemish
- stilleven Dutch, Flemish
- stilstaan Dutch, Flemish
- stilstand Dutch, Flemish
- stilte Dutch, Flemish
- stilzwijgen Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)telH- Proto-Indo-European
- stilla Swedish
- stillhet Swedish
- vindstilla Swedish
- stille Old English
- stilnes Old English
- stille Middle English
- stilnesse Middle English
- stilthe Middle English
- stone-stille Middle English
- stilli Old High German
- *stillī gmw-pro
- stilli Old Dutch
- stille Middle Low German
- stilli Old Saxon
- *(s)tl̥H-ti Proto-Balto-Slavic
- tiri Sranan Tongo