Where does “stuphila” come from?

stuphila (Old High German) comes from Latin stipula, from Proto-Italic stipelā, from Proto-Italic stips, from Proto-Indo-European steyp- — be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect.

Ancestry of “stuphila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstipulastalk; stubble; straw
2Proto-Italicstipelāstraw
3Proto-Italicstipsstalk
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect

Words derived from “stuphila

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steyp-Every word from Proto-Italic stipsEvery word from Proto-Italic stipelā
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