stȳpel, stīpel, <span class="searchmatch">stēpel</span> From Proto-West Germanic *staupil, from Proto-Germanic *staupilaz, from *staupaz (“high, steep”) + *-ilaz. Equivalent to stēap +...
include a reading of the first element as a term cognate to Old English <span class="searchmatch">stêpel</span> (“high tower”) or as Latin stipula (“stalk, reed”). Compare Stipdonk, Stiphout...
an article on: steeple Wikipedia steple (obsolete) From Middle English <span class="searchmatch">stepel</span>, from Old English stīpel, stȳpel, stīepel (“tower, steeple”), from Proto-West...