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