Where does “*stīf” come from?

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

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 →