Where does “usztywniać” come from?

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

usztywniać (Polish): to stiffen, to make rigid

Definitions

  1. to stiffen, to make rigid

Ancestry of “usztywniać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishusztywnićto stiffen, to make rigid
2Polishsztywnyrigid, stiff
3Middle High Germanstīf—
4Old High German*stīf—
5Proto-West Germanicstīfstiff, rigid
6Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
7Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →Every word from Proto-Germanic stīfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stīf →