Where does “stīf” come from?

stīf (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

Ancestry of “stīf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
2Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós

Words derived from “stīf

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypósEvery word from Proto-Germanic stīfaz