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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | stīf | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | stīf | stiff, rigid |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | stīfaz | stiff, rigid |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | steypós | — |
Words derived from “stijf”