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Where does “stīfilaz” come from?

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

Ancestry of “stīfilaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansteip-—

Words derived from “stīfilaz”

  • stifle
  • stifler
  • stifleth
  • stiflest
  • stiflen
  • stífla
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steip- →