Stift.
pin (short rod of metal, wood etc., used e.g. for fastening)
Meaning & usage
pin (short rod of metal, wood etc., used e.g. for fastening)
pencil, pen, stylus (includes all rod-shaped writing implements other than fountain pens, though even these may be included informally)
a boy, especially an apprentice
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German stift /steft, from Old High German stift /steft, from Proto-West Germanic *stift, from Proto-Germanic *stiftaz (“pin, nail”); likely derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steyp- (“stiff, erect”), whence also German steif (“stiff”). Cognate with German Low German Stift.
endowed monastery
secular convent
collegial body
ecclesiastical donation (fund of estates)
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from stiften; compare Dutch sticht.
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