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Where does “steppan” come from?

steppan (Old English) comes from West Germanic *stappjan.

steppan (Old English): to step

Definitions

  1. to step

Ancestry of “steppan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Germanic*stappjan—

Words derived from “steppan”

  • step
  • stepping
  • doorstep
  • stepwise
  • sidestep
  • overstep
  • misstep
  • multistep
  • stepper
  • lockstep
  • timestep
  • quickstep
  • stepsize
  • substep
  • stepdown
  • midstep
  • steplike
  • downstep
  • stairstep
  • outstep
  • backstepping
  • stepstool
  • stepless
  • timestepping
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