Where does “stīf” come from?

stīf (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

Ancestry of “stīf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonstīf—
2Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
3Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

Words derived from “stīf”

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