Where does “stift” come from?

stift (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch stifte, from Middle High German stift, from Old High German stift, from Proto-West Germanic *stift — a small nail, pin.

stift (Dutch): graphite core of a pencil; a felt-tip pen, a...

Definitions

  1. graphite core of a pencil; a felt-tip pen, a...

Ancestry of “stift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchstifte—
2Middle High Germanstift—
3Old High Germanstift—
4Proto-West Germanic*stifta small nail, pin

Words derived from “stift”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stift →Every word from Old High German stift →Every word from Middle High German stift →