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Where does “styfill” come from?

styfill (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German stevel, from Italian Stivale, from Italian stiva, from Italian stivare, from Latin stīpāre, from Latin stīpō, from Proto-Indo-European stīpos, from Proto-Indo-European steip-.

Ancestry of “styfill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstevel—
2ItalianStivale—
3Italianstivahold; third-person singular present indicative of...
4ItalianstivareTo stow or load
5Latinstīpāre—
6Latinstīpō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstīpos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansteip-—

Words derived from “styfill”

  • stövel
  • gummistövel
  • støvel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steip- →