Where does “stīf” come from?

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

stīf (Proto-West Germanic): stiff, rigid

Definitions

  1. stiff, rigid

Ancestry of “stīf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
2Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

Words derived from “stīf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →Every word from Proto-Germanic stīfaz →
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