Where does “stīf” come from?

stīf (Middle High German) comes from Old High German *stīf, from Proto-West Germanic stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

Ancestry of “stīf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High German*stīf—
2Proto-West Germanicstīfstiff, rigid
3Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

Words derived from “stīf”

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