An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Fußstapfe

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Fußstapfe
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Fußstapfe, f., ‘footstep, trace,’ from stapfen; often divided wrongly into Fuß-tapfe, which would originate in a verb tapfen for stapfen.