Where does “שטײַף” come from?

שטײַף (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German stīf, from Old High German *stīf, from Proto-West Germanic stīf, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

שטײַף (Yiddish): stiff, rigid

Definitions

  1. stiff, rigid

Ancestry of “שטײַף”, step by step

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

Words derived from “שטײַף”

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