Where does “stiþ” come from?

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

stiþ (Old English): stiff

Definitions

  1. stiff

Ancestry of “stiþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*stinþstiff
2Proto-Germanic*stinþaz
Every word from Proto-Germanic *stinþazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *stinþ
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