English
stilly
From still + -ly.
Formed from still + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- ‘to be silent’
Proto-West Germanic *stillī
Old English stille ‘still’
Middle English stille ‘motionless’
English still
Today it means
adv While still and calm.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stilly”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / stilly