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

Nominal formation related to *stappōną (“to step”), Proto-Slavic *stōpà (“foot, footstep”).

Noun

*stapiz m

1. 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
    • New Latin: stapes
      • → English: stapes
      • French: stapes