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Where does “stichten” come from?

stichten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch stiften, from Proto-Germanic stiftijaną.

stichten (Middle Dutch): to found, to build; to found, to institute; to...

Definitions

  1. to found, to build; to found, to institute; to...

Ancestry of “stichten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchstiften—
2Proto-Germanicstiftijaną—

Words derived from “stichten”

  • stichten
  • stichting
  • brandstichtster
  • brandstichten
  • brandstichting
  • stichter
  • brandstichter
Every word from Proto-Germanic stiftijaną →