Where does “stīþ” come from?

stīþ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *stinþ, from Proto-Germanic *stinþaz.

stīþ (Old English): hard, cruel, violent; hard, cruel

Definitions

  1. hard, cruel, violent; hard, cruel

Ancestry of “stīþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*stinþstiff
2Proto-Germanic*stinþaz—

Words derived from “stīþ”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *stinþaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stinþ →