stapa
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *stapō (“stepper”). The sense "grasshopper or locust" is possibly a clipping of græsstapa. Cognate with Old High German *stafo (attested in hewistafo “grasshopper, locust”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɑ.pɑ/
Declension
Declension of stapa (weak)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stapa | stapan |
| accusative | stapan | stapan |
| genitive | stapan | stapena |
| dative | stapan | stapum |
Related terms
Derived terms
- ānstapa
- eardstapa
- græsstapa
- hǣþstapa
- hildstapa
- mearcstapa
- mōrstapa
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