Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “steppen” come from?

steppen (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic stapjaną, from Proto-Germanic stapiz, from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ‑.

Ancestry of “steppen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstapjanąto step
2Proto-Germanicstapiza step
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ‑—

Words derived from “steppen”

  • stappen
  • opstappen
  • instappen
  • uitstappen
  • stappen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ‑ →