Where does “steif” come from?

steif (German) comes from Middle High German stīf, from Old High German *stīf, from Proto-West Germanic stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

steif (German): stiff, rigid

Definitions

  1. stiff, rigid

Ancestry of “steif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstīf—
2Old High German*stīf—
3Proto-West Germanicstīfstiff, rigid
4Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

Words derived from “steif”

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