Where does “sztajfny” come from?

sztajfny (Silesian) 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.

sztajfny (Silesian): stiff, rigid

Definitions

  1. stiff, rigid

Ancestry of “sztajfny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansteifstiff, rigid
2Middle High Germanstīf—
3Old High German*stīf—
4Proto-West Germanicstīfstiff, rigid
5Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

Words derived from “sztajfny”

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