Where does “штивний” come from?

штивний (Ukrainian) comes from Polish sztywny, from Middle High German stīf, from Old High German *stīf, from Proto-West Germanic stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

штивний (Ukrainian): stiff, rigid

Definitions

  1. stiff, rigid

Ancestry of “штивний”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishsztywnyrigid, stiff
2Middle High Germanstīf
3Old High German*stīf
4Proto-West Germanicstīfstiff, rigid
5Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypósEvery word from Proto-Germanic stīfazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic stīf