Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “stapf” come from?

stapf (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic stapiz, from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ‑.

Ancestry of “stapf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stapf”

  • stapes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ‑ →