Where does “Tiff” come from?
Tiff (English) comes from Middle English tiffen, from Old French tifer, from Proto-West Germanic *tibr, from Proto-Germanic *tibrą.
Ancestry of “Tiff”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | tiffen | — |
| 2 | Old French | tifer | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *tibr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *tibrą | — |