Where does “stijf” come from?

stijf (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch stīf, from Proto-West Germanic stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

Ancestry of “stijf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchstīf—
2Proto-West Germanicstīfstiff, rigid
3Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

Words derived from “stijf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →Every word from Proto-Germanic stīfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stīf →
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