Where does “stepař” come from?

stepař (Czech) comes from Czech step, from Ukrainian степ, from English step, from English stepchild, from Middle English stepchild, from Old English stēopċild, from Old English ċild, from Proto-Germanic kelþaz — to swallow; swallow.

stepař (Czech): tap-dancer

Definitions

  1. tap-dancer

Ancestry of “stepař”, step by step

stepař traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechstepsteppe; "inanimate"; tap dance
2Ukrainianстепsteppe; tap dance
3EnglishstepAn advance or movement made from one foot to the...
4EnglishstepchildThe child of one's spouse but not one's own; A...
5Middle Englishstepchildstepchild child of a spouse
6Old Englishstēopċildstepchild
7Old Englishċildchild, youth; fetus; female baby; child
8Proto-Germanickelþazfetus; newborn; infant; child
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵelt-womb
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

via Czech ar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czecharare
2Frencharean are
3Latināreaa piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town)
4Proto-Italicāzeā
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-e-yeh₂
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵelt-Every word from Proto-Germanic kelþaz