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

  1. gopher

Ancestry of “Stapmus”, step by step

Stapmus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Stap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschStapfield, prairie
2Ukrainianстепsteppe; tap dance
3EnglishstepAn advance or movement made from one foot to the...
4EnglishstepchildThe child of one's spouse but not one's own; A...
5Middle Englishstepchildstepchild child of a spouse
6Old Englishstēopċildstepchild
7Old Englishċildchild, youth; fetus; female baby; child
8Proto-Germanickelþazfetus; newborn; infant; child
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵelt-womb
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

via Plautdietsch Mus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschMusmouse
2Middle Low Germanmûs
3Old Saxonmūsmouse
4Proto-West Germanicmūsmouse
5Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵelt-Every word from Proto-Germanic kelþaz