Where does “stīf” come from?

stīf (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

stīf (Old English): Stiff, firm, hard

Definitions

  1. Stiff, firm, hard

Ancestry of “stīf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicstīfstiff, rigid
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 Proto-West Germanic stīf →