Comparative evidence

stei̯p

• Lat. stīpō -āre ‘pack tight’, ‘throng’, ‘surround closely’, ‘to stuff’ (OLD: 1821)

• Lat. stīpēs -itis, m. ‘trunk’, ‘bole’, ‘stake’, ‘post’ (OLD: 1821)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.