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Where does “stövel” come from?

stövel (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish støvel, from Old Norse styfill, from Middle Low German stevel, from Italian Stivale, from Italian stiva, from Italian stivare, from Latin stīpāre, from Latin stīpō.

stövel (Swedish): a boot

Definitions

  1. a boot

Ancestry of “stövel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishstøvel—
2Old Norsestyfill—
3Middle Low Germanstevel—
4ItalianStivale—
5Italianstivahold; third-person singular present indicative of...
6ItalianstivareTo stow or load
7Latinstīpāre—
8Latinstīpō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstīpos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansteip-—

Words derived from “stövel”

  • gummistövel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steip- →