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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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still1 not moving; (dial.) silent; free from commotion. OE.
stille = OS., OHG.
stilli (Du.
stil, G.
still) :- WGmc. *
stillja.
still life XVII; after Du.
stilleven; presumably applied orig. to representation of living things in a state of rest.
So
still vb. quiet, calm. OE.
stillan = OS.
(gi)stillian trans.,
stillon intr., OHG.
stillen trans.,
stillēn intr., ON.
stilla.
still adv. without change of position OE.; †quietly; †without change or cessation, always XIII; until then or now XVI; in or to a further degree; (as sentence adv.) even then, notwithstanding XVII. OE.
stille = OS., OHG.
stillo (Du.
stil, G.
stille) :- WGmc. *
stillō.
stilly (
-Y1) †secret XIII; (poet.) quiet XVIII. prob. f. the adv. OE.
stillīċe (see
-LY2).
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