Where does “stepe” come from?

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

Ancestry of “stepe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstapiza step
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ‑to stand still
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ‑ →Every word from Proto-Germanic stapiz →