Where does “штајф” come from?
штајф (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German steif, from Middle High German stīf, from Old High German *stīf, from Proto-West Germanic stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.
штајф (Serbo-Croatian): stiff; stiffly
Ancestry of “штајф”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | steif | stiff, rigid |
| 2 | Middle High German | stīf | — |
| 3 | Old High German | *stīf | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | stīf | stiff, rigid |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stīfaz | stiff, rigid |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | steypós | — |