Where does “stiefkind” come from?

stiefkind (Dutch) comes from German kind, from Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-West Germanic kind, from Proto-Germanic kindą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

stiefkind (Dutch): stepchild; someone or something that is not...

Definitions

  1. stepchild; someone or something that is not...

Ancestry of “stiefkind”, step by step

stiefkind traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kind

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankindkid; child young person
2Middle High Germankintkid; child
3Old High Germankindkid; child
4Proto-West Germanickindchild
5Proto-GermanickindąAlternative form of *kinþą; child; offspring
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Middle Dutch stiefkint

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchstiefkint
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-
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