Where does “stifftail” come from?
stifftail (English) comes from English stiff, from Middle English stif, from Old English stīf, from Proto-West Germanic stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.
stifftail (English): Any of various ducks whose tails have stiff...
Definitions
- Any of various ducks whose tails have stiff...
Ancestry of “stifftail”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stiff | Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible; Inflexible;... |
| 2 | Middle English | stif | Stiff, firm, hard; difficult to move or... |
| 3 | Old English | stīf | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | stīf | stiff, rigid |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stīfaz | stiff, rigid |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | steypós | — |