Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stappjan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *stapjaną.

Verb

*stappjan[1]

to step, to tread

Inflection

*stapiþi, *stōp, *stōpun, *stapan

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: stæppan, steppan
- Middle English: steppen, stappen, stapen, stopen
  - Scots: stap, stop, step
  - English: step
    - → Dutch: steppen
Old Frisian: steppa, stapa
- North Frisian: stape
- Saterland Frisian: stappe
- West Frisian: stappe
Old Saxon: *steppian, *stapan
- Middle Low German: stappen, stapen
Old Dutch: *stappen, *steppen
- Middle Dutch: stappen
  - Dutch: stappen
Old High German: stepfen, stephen
- Middle High German: stepfen
  - German: stepfen (obsolete)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*stapʲpʲan”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*stapʲpʲan”