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Where does “stappen” come from?

stappen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch stappen, from West Germanic *stappjan.

stappen (Middle Dutch): to step

Definitions

  1. to step

Ancestry of “stappen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchstappen—
2West Germanic*stappjan—

Words derived from “stappen”

  • opstappen
  • instappen
  • stappen
  • uitstappen
Every word from West Germanic *stappjan →