köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic жестъкъ (žestŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žestъkъ. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic жестъ (žestŭ, “hard”), жестѣти (žestěti, “to harden”). Also related to жесто́кий (žestókij, “cruel”).
stiff, rigid · very strict and formal (to a fault), stiff · awkward
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köken: From Old Swedish stirder, styrdher, from Old Norse stirðr, from Proto-Germanic *sterþjaz, [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ster (“strong, steady”). The sound change of Old Norse /rð/ to /l/, which affected central and northern Sweden, is typically not reflected in writing, the spelling of this word and a few other being exceptions. Compare hin håle and utböling (from ON. *hinn harði and…
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firm, strong, rigid (capable of resisting the actions of mechanical forces without harm or change) · firm, strong, sturdy (having much strength; physically well developed, not weak, not brittle) · firm, strong (done, happening with energy, strength; affecting (something else) strongly)
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eş: spēcīgs, stiprs
köken: From the same stem as the verb stingt (“to harden, to stiffen”) (q.v.), with an extra (adjectivizing?) r. A parallel form without the r yielded stings (“stiff, numb”). Cognates include Lithuanian stiñgras (“firm, strict”), stingrùs, sti̇̀ngrus (“rigid, stiff, numb; hard, solid; strained; heavy”). The verb stiñgt (“to stiffen”) is cognate with Lithuanian sti̇̀ngti (“id.”). According to Karulis,…