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Where does “stīfaz” come from?

stīfaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

stīfaz (Proto-Germanic): stiff, rigid

Definitions

  1. stiff, rigid

Ancestry of “stīfaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

Words derived from “stīfaz”

  • stiff
  • stiffness
  • stiffly
  • stiffish
  • stiffy
  • bindlestiff
  • overstiff
  • nonstiff
  • stifflike
  • stifftail
  • overstiffness
  • stiffware
  • stiffship
  • stiff-tailed duck
  • death-stiffness
  • stiff neck
  • stocksteif
  • steif
  • Steifigkeit
  • hüftsteif
  • tiivis
  • äänitiivis
  • tiivistys
  • tiivistysaine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →