*steupa-

Runic: ᛊᛏᛖᚢᛈᚨ- Pronunciation: /ˈsteu̯.pɑ/

prefix

Function

step-

Etymology

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

Descendants

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

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