Where does “Stapmus” come from?
Stapmus (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Stap, from Ukrainian степ, from English step, from English stepchild, from Middle English stepchild, from Old English stēopċild, from Old English ċild, from Proto-Germanic kelþaz — to swallow; swallow.
Stapmus (Plautdietsch): gopher
Definitions
- gopher
Ancestry of “Stapmus”, step by step
Stapmus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Stap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Stap | field, prairie |
| 2 | Ukrainian | степ | steppe; tap dance |
| 3 | English | step | An advance or movement made from one foot to the... |
| 4 | English | stepchild | The child of one's spouse but not one's own; A... |
| 5 | Middle English | stepchild | stepchild child of a spouse |
| 6 | Old English | stēopċild | stepchild |
| 7 | Old English | ċild | child, youth; fetus; female baby; child |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kelþaz | fetus; newborn; infant; child |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵelt- | womb |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |