Where does “stīvs” come from?

stīvs (Latvian) 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.

stīvs (Latvian): stiff, hard, numb; rigid, stiff; stiff, rigid

Definitions

  1. stiff, hard, numb; rigid, stiff; stiff, rigid

Ancestry of “stīvs”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stīvs”

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