An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/steppen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
steppen
Friedrich Kluge2510192An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — steppen1891John Francis Davis

steppen, vb. ‘to quilt, stitch,’ from MidHG. stëppen, ‘to prick here and there, sew in rows, stitch’; an intensive form from the root of Stift.