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Where does “stoppele” come from?

stoppele (Middle High German) comes from Old High German stuphila, from Latin stipula, from Proto-Italic stipelā, from Proto-Italic stips, from Proto-Indo-European steyp- — be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect.

Ancestry of “stoppele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstuphila—
2Latinstipulastalk; stubble; straw
3Proto-Italicstipelāstraw
4Proto-Italicstipsstalk
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect

Words derived from “stoppele”

  • Stoppel
  • штопл
  • štopl
  • stopli
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steyp- →