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Where does “veinstuff” come from?

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

veinstuff (English): Minerals found in a vein, of lesser value than...

Definitions

  1. Minerals found in a vein, of lesser value than...

Ancestry of “veinstuff”, step by step

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