Where does “stífla” come from?

stífla (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic stīfilaz, from Proto-Indo-European steip-.

stífla (Old Norse): to dam, choke, stop up; dam

Definitions

  1. to dam, choke, stop up; dam

Ancestry of “stífla”, step by step

stífla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic stīfilaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstīfilaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansteip-—

via Proto-Germanic stīfilą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstīfiląprop, pole, support

Words derived from “stífla”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steip- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stīfilaz →