Where does “stift” come from?

stift (Middle High German) comes from Old High German stift, from Proto-West Germanic *stift — a small nail, pin.

Ancestry of “stift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstift—
2Proto-West Germanic*stifta small nail, pin

Words derived from “stift”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stift →Every word from Old High German stift →