Where does “stifte” come from?
stifte (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle High German stift, from Old High German stift, from Proto-West Germanic *stift.
Ancestry of “stifte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | stift | — |
| 2 | Old High German | stift | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *stift | — |