Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stapiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

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

Noun

*stapiz m

a step

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *stapiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stapiz	*stapīz
vocative	*stapi	*stapīz
accusative	*stapį	*stapinz
genitive	*stapīz	*stapjǫ̂
dative	*stapī	*stapimaz
instrumental	*stapī	*stapimiz

Related terms

*stapjaną
*stapǭ

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *stapi
- 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