An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/still

by Friedrich Kluge

still, adjective, ‘still, silent, quiet,’ from the equivalent Middle High German stille, Old High German (Old Saxon) stilli; corresponding to the equivalent Dutch stil, Anglo-Saxon stille, English still (adjective and adverb). A derivative of the Aryan root stel, ‘to stand’ (see Stall, stellen, and Stolle), with which Sanscrit sthânu (for sthalnu), ‘standing, immovable,’ is also allied. —