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

stīfilą traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European steip-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansteip-

via Proto-Indo-European steib-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansteib-stake, picket

Words derived from “stīfilą

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steip-