Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stappōną

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

Apparently from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)tep- (“to step”), and cognate with Proto-Slavic *stōpà (“foot, footstep”), *stepenь (“level”) (whence Serbo-Croatian stȅpēn (“level, degree”)), Lithuanian stapýti (“to stay put”). Whether a relation to Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stand still, harden, support”) exists is unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑp.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*stappōną

1. to walk

Inflection

Conjugation of *stappōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*stappō	*stappǭ	—	*stappōi	?
2nd singular	*stappōsi	*stappōs	*stappō	*stappōsai	*stappōsau
3rd singular	*stappōþi	*stappō	*stappōþau	*stappōþai	*stappōþau
1st dual	*stappōs	*stappōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*stappōþiz	*stappōþiz	*stappōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*stappōmaz	*stappōm	—	*stappōnþai	*stappōnþau
2nd plural	*stappōþ	*stappōþ	*stappōþ	*stappōnþai	*stappōnþau
3rd plural	*stappōnþi	*stappōn	*stappōnþau	*stappōnþai	*stappōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*stappōdǭ	*stappōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*stappōdēz	*stappōdēdīz
3rd singular	*stappōdē	*stappōdēdī
1st dual	*stappōdēdū	*stappōdēdīw
2nd dual	*stappōdēdudiz	*stappōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*stappōdēdum	*stappōdēdīm
2nd plural	*stappōdēdud	*stappōdēdīd
3rd plural	*stappōdēdun	*stappōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*stappōndz	*stappōdaz

Related terms

• *stapiz (“a step”)
• *stapjaną (“to step”)
• *stapulaz (“pillar, basis”)

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *stappōn
  • Old Dutch:
    • Middle Dutch:
      • Dutch: stappen
  • Old High German: stapfōn
    • Middle High German: stapfen, stappen, staben
      • German: stapfen
• Old Norse:
  • Norwegian: stabba (“to stumble”)