Where does “ступа” come from?

ступа (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic stǫpa, from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ‑ — to stand still.

ступа (Serbo-Croatian): mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle)

Definitions

  1. mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle)

Ancestry of “ступа”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicstǫpamortar, a vessel where ingredients are ground;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ‑to stand still
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ‑ →Every word from Proto-Slavic stǫpa →