Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “stelza” come from?

stelza (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic staltijǭ, from Proto-Germanic stelt- — to be stiff.

Ancestry of “stelza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstaltijǭ—
2Proto-Germanicstelt-to be stiff

Words derived from “stelza”

  • Bachstelze
  • Stelze
  • stelze
Every word from Proto-Germanic stelt- →