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

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

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