Friedrich Kluge2510203An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — stieben1891John Francis Davis
stieben, vb., ‘to fly as dust, scatter, disperse,’ from the equiv. MidHG. stieben, OHG. stiuban, str. vb. Allied to Du. stuiven, and the cognates of Staub; see the latter and stöbern.