Where does “Footstaup” come from?

Footstaup (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Foot, from Middle Low German vôt, from Old Saxon fot, from Proto-West Germanic fōt, from Proto-Germanic fōts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

Footstaup (Plautdietsch): footstep

Definitions

  1. footstep

Ancestry of “Footstaup”, step by step

Footstaup traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Foot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFootfoot
2Middle Low Germanvôt—
3Old Saxonfotfoot
4Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
5Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Plautdietsch Staup

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschStaupfootprint
2Middle Low Germanstappe—
3Old Saxon*stap—
4Faroesestapi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European póds →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds →