Where does “stijf” come from?

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

stijf (Dutch): stiff, rigid; formalistic, posh

Definitions

  1. stiff, rigid; formalistic, posh

Ancestry of “stijf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchstijf—
2Old Dutchstīf—
3Proto-West Germanicstīfstiff, rigid
4Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

Words derived from “stijf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →Every word from Proto-Germanic stīfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stīf →