Where does “stifte” come from?

stifte (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle High German stift, from Old High German stift, from Proto-West Germanic *stift — a small nail, pin.

Ancestry of “stifte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstift—
2Old High Germanstift—
3Proto-West Germanic*stifta small nail, pin

Words derived from “stifte”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stift →Every word from Old High German stift →Every word from Middle High German stift →
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