Where does “stifly” come from?

stifly (Middle English) comes from Middle English stif, from Old English stīf, from Proto-West Germanic stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

stifly (Middle English): Stiffly, firmly, unmoveably; in a way that makes...

Definitions

  1. Stiffly, firmly, unmoveably; in a way that makes...

Ancestry of “stifly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishstifStiff, firm, hard; difficult to move or...
2Old EnglishstīfStiff, firm, hard
3Proto-West Germanicstīfstiff, rigid
4Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

Words derived from “stifly”

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