Where does “stæpe” come from?

stæpe (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic stapiz, from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ‑ — to stand still.

stæpe (Old English): step; degree

Definitions

  1. step; degree

Ancestry of “stæpe”, step by step

stæpe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic stapiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstapiza step
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ‑to stand still

via Faroese stapi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesestapi—

Words derived from “stæpe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ‑ →Every word from Proto-Germanic stapiz →