Where does “stifte” come from?

stifte (Danish) comes from Danish stift, from Middle Low German stift.

stifte (Danish): definite plural of stift

Definitions

  1. definite plural of stift

Ancestry of “stifte”, step by step

stifte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish stift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishstifta diocese (a church unit led by a bishop), a bishopric
2Middle Low Germanstift—

via Danish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishe—

via Middle Low German stiften

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstiften—

Words derived from “stifte”

Every word from Middle Low German stift →Every word from Danish stift →