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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | stīf | stiff, rigid |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | stīfaz | stiff, rigid |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | steypós | — |