Where does “stiv” come from?

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

stiv (Norwegian Bokmål): stiff

Definitions

  1. stiff

Ancestry of “stiv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstīf—
2Old Saxonstīf—
3Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

Words derived from “stiv”

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