Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stift

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stiftaz, a nominal formation related to *stīfaz (“stiff”); see there for more. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*stift m

1. a small nail, pin
2. shaft

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stift
Genitive	*stiftas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stift	*stiftō, *stiftōs
Accusative	*stift	*stiftā
Genitive	*stiftas	*stiftō
Dative	*stiftē	*stiftum
Instrumental	*stiftu	*stiftum

Derived terms

• *stiftijan
• *stiftōn

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *stift
  • Middle Low German: stift, sticht
    • German Low German: Stift
    • → Danish: stift
    • → Swedish: stift
• Old High German: stift, steft
  • Middle High German: stift, stëft
    • German: Stift
      • → Esperanto: stifto
      • → Polish: sztyft
    • Hunsrik: Stift
    • → Middle Dutch: stifte
      • Dutch: stift
        • → Papiamentu: steft