Where does “sztywny” come from?

sztywny (Polish) comes from Middle High German stīf, from Old High German *stīf, from Proto-West Germanic stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

sztywny (Polish): rigid, stiff

Definitions

  1. rigid, stiff

Ancestry of “sztywny”, step by step

sztywny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German stīf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstīf—
2Old High German*stīf—
3Proto-West Germanicstīfstiff, rigid
4Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

via Middle Low German stīf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstīf—
2Old Saxonstīf—

Words derived from “sztywny”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →Every word from Proto-Germanic stīfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stīf →