Where does “tiffen” come from?
tiffen (Middle English) comes from Old French tifer, from Proto-West Germanic *tibr, from Proto-Germanic *tibrą.
Ancestry of “tiffen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | tifer | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *tibr | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *tibrą | — |
Words derived from “tiffen”