Where does “lijkstijfheid” come from?

lijkstijfheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch stijfheid, from Dutch stijf, from Middle Dutch stijf, from Old Dutch stīf, from Proto-West Germanic stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

lijkstijfheid (Dutch): rigor mortis

Definitions

  1. rigor mortis

Ancestry of “lijkstijfheid”, step by step

lijkstijfheid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch stijfheid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstijfheidstiffness
2Dutchstijfstiff, rigid; formalistic, posh
3Middle Dutchstijf—
4Old Dutchstīf—
5Proto-West Germanicstīfstiff, rigid
6Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
7Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

via Dutch lijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchlijkThe dead but otherwise intact body of a human or...
2Middle Dutchlijc—
3Old Dutchlīk—
4Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
5Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →Every word from Proto-Germanic stīfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stīf →