Where does “steiwen” come from?

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

steiwen (Luxembourgish): to starch, to stiffen

Definitions

  1. to starch, to stiffen

Ancestry of “steiwen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishsteifstiff; second-person singular imperative of...
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 →