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

  1. stiffness, rigidity; stiffness, rigidity,...

Ancestry of “stīvums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianstīvsstiff, hard, numb; rigid, stiff; stiff, rigid
2Middle High Germanstīf—
3Old High German*stīf—
4Proto-West Germanicstīfstiff, rigid
5Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →Every word from Proto-Germanic stīfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stīf →