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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/staupijaną

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑu̯.pi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From *staupaz (pitcher, jar, bucket"; originally "steep, high) + *-janą.[1]

Verb

*staupijaną

  1. to pour
  2. to soak, to make wet
  3. to cast metal
Inflection
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *staupijan
    • Old English: *stīepan
      • Middle English: stepen (possibly loaned from Old Norse instead)
    • Old Saxon: *stōpian
  • Old Norse: steypa

Etymology 2

From *stūpaną (to stoop, fall down) + *-janą (causative).

Verb

*staupijaną[2]

  1. (North Germanic) to make fall down, to make stumble
  2. (North Germanic) to throw down, to overthrow
Inflection
Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “staupa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*staupjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
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