English
Stillwater
From still + water.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- ‘to be silent’
Proto-West Germanic *stillī
Old English stille ‘still’
Middle English stille ‘motionless’
English still
Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water; to well’
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Proto-Germanic *watōr ‘water’
Proto-West Germanic *watar ‘water’
Old English wæter ‘water’
Middle English water ‘water’
English water
Today it means
name A number of places in the United States: A community in the city of Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Stillwater