Where does “stiep-” come from?

stiep- (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic steupa-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

Ancestry of “stiep-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsteupa-step-
2Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
3Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-Every word from Proto-Germanic steupa-