Where does “steppekiekendief” come from?
steppekiekendief (Dutch) comes from Dutch kiekendief, from Dutch kieken, from Dutch kiek, from English kick, from English kick the bucket, from English bucket, from Middle English boket, from Anglo-Norman buket.
steppekiekendief (Dutch): pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
Definitions
- pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
Ancestry of “steppekiekendief”, step by step
steppekiekendief traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kiekendief
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kiekendief | A harrier, predatory bird of the subfamily... |
| 2 | Dutch | kieken | chick, young domestic fowl; Any chicken; A dumb... |
| 3 | Dutch | kiek | A snapshot, photograph; orinally specifically... |
| 4 | English | kick | To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity... |
| 5 | English | kick the bucket | To die; Of a machine, to break down such that it... |
| 6 | English | bucket | A container made of rigid material, often with a... |
| 7 | Middle English | boket | bucket |
| 8 | Anglo-Norman | buket | tub, pail; bucket |
| 9 | Old French | buc | abdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;... |
| 10 | Latin | buccus | he-goat |
| 11 | Frankish | bukk | male goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 14 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
via Dutch steppe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | steppe | steppe |
| 2 | French | steppe | steppe |
| 3 | Ukrainian | степ | steppe; tap dance |
| 4 | English | step | An advance or movement made from one foot to the... |
| 5 | English | stepchild | The child of one's spouse but not one's own; A... |
| 6 | Middle English | stepchild | stepchild child of a spouse |
| 7 | Old English | stēopċild | stepchild |
| 8 | Old English | ċild | child, youth; fetus; female baby; child |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kelþaz | fetus; newborn; infant; child |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵelt- | womb |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |