Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stapi

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stapiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ‑, *steb‑ (“to support, stomp, rant, amaze”).

Noun

*stapi m

1. a step

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stapi
Genitive	*stapī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stapi	*stapī
Accusative	*stapi	*stapī
Genitive	*stapī	*stappjō
Dative	*stapī	*stapim, *stappjum
Instrumental	*stapī	*stapim, *stappjum

Related terms

• *stappjan
• *stapā

Descendants

• Old English: stæpe, stepe
  • Middle English: steppe, stap, stape, steape, steepe, step, stepe
    • English: step
    • Scots: step, stap, stop
• Old Frisian: *stap, stepe
  • North Frisian: staep
  • Saterland Frisian: Stap, Stappe
• Old Saxon: *stap, *step
  • Middle Low German: stappe
    • German Low German: Stapp
• Old Dutch: *stap, *step
  • Middle Dutch: steppe, step
• Old High German: stapho, staph (dative: stepfen)
  • Middle High German: stapf
    • German: Stapf, Stapfe, Stapfen
  • ⇒ Old High German: fuozstapho
    • Middle High German: vuozstapfe
      • German: Fußstapfen
• → Medieval Latin: stapēs
  • • New Latin: stapes
      • → English: stapes
      • French: stapes