Where does “unstuff” come from?

unstuff (English) comes from English stuff, from Romanian stuf, from Old Frisian stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

unstuff (English): To remove the stuffing from; To decompress

Definitions

  1. To remove the stuffing from; To decompress

Ancestry of “unstuff”, step by step

unstuff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English stuff

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstuffMiscellaneous items or objects; personal...
2Romanianstufreed; thatch
3Old Frisianstīf—
4Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →Every word from Proto-Germanic stīfaz →Every word from Old Frisian stīf →