Where does “stīvums” come from?
stīvums (Latvian) comes from Latvian stīvs, from Middle High German stīf, from Old High German *stīf, from Proto-West Germanic stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.
stīvums (Latvian): stiffness, rigidity; stiffness, rigidity,...
Definitions
- stiffness, rigidity; stiffness, rigidity,...
Ancestry of “stīvums”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | stīvs | stiff, hard, numb; rigid, stiff; stiff, rigid |
| 2 | Middle High German | stīf | — |
| 3 | Old High German | *stīf | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | stīf | stiff, rigid |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stīfaz | stiff, rigid |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | steypós | — |