Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/steupa-

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *steupaz (“pushed away; cut off; abandoned; deserted; orphaned”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsteu̯.pɑ/

Prefix

*steupa-

step-

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *steupa-
- Old English: stēop-, stēp-
  - Middle English: steop-, step-, stappe-, ste-
    - English: step-
    - Scots: step-
- Old Frisian: stiāp-
  - Saterland Frisian: stäif- (possibly from Low German)
  - West Frisian: styp-, styf-
- Old Saxon: *stiop-
  - Middle Low German: stiep-, stip-, stêf-, stîf-
    - German Low German: steev-, steef-
- Old Dutch: *stiop-
  - Middle Dutch: stiep-, stippe-, stief-
    - Dutch: stief-
- Old High German: stiof-
  - Middle High German: stief-
    - German: stief-
Old Norse: stjúp-
- Icelandic: stjúp-
- Faroese: stjúk- (?)
- Norwegian: styk- (< stjúk-, stýk-)
- Swedish: styv- (possibly merged with Low German)
- Danish: stiv-, stif-, sted- (through reinterpretation)