Where does “stelze” come from?

stelze (Middle High German) comes from Old High German stelza, from Proto-Germanic staltijǭ, from Proto-Germanic stelt- — to be stiff.

Ancestry of “stelze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstelza—
2Proto-Germanicstaltijǭ—
3Proto-Germanicstelt-to be stiff

Words derived from “stelze”

Every word from Proto-Germanic stelt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic staltijǭ →Every word from Old High German stelza →