Where does “zesztywniały” come from?

zesztywniały (Polish) comes from Polish zesztywnieć, from Polish sztywnieć, 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.

zesztywniały (Polish): stiff, rigid, inelastic, inflexible

Definitions

  1. stiff, rigid, inelastic, inflexible

Ancestry of “zesztywniały”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishzesztywniećto stiffen, to become stiff
2Polishsztywniećto stiffen, to grow stiff
3Polishsztywnyrigid, stiff
4Middle High Germanstīf—
5Old High German*stīf—
6Proto-West Germanicstīfstiff, rigid
7Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
8Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →Every word from Proto-Germanic stīfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stīf →