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Where does “støvel” come from?

støvel (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Italian Stivale, from Italian stiva, from Italian stivare, from Latin stīpāre, from Latin stīpō, from Proto-Indo-European stīpos, from Proto-Indo-European steip-.

støvel (Norwegian Nynorsk): a boot

Definitions

  1. a boot

Ancestry of “støvel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianStivale—
2Italianstivahold; third-person singular present indicative of...
3ItalianstivareTo stow or load
4Latinstīpāre—
5Latinstīpō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstīpos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansteip-—

Words derived from “støvel”

  • gummistøvel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steip- →