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Where does “stīfilą” come from?

stīfilą (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European steip-.

stīfilą (Proto-Germanic): prop, pole, support

Definitions

  1. prop, pole, support

Ancestry of “stīfilą”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansteip-—

Words derived from “stīfilą”

  • stifle
  • stifler
  • stifleth
  • stiflest
  • stiflen
  • stífla
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