Where does “stepalaŭdo” come from?
stepalaŭdo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto stepo, from English steppe, from French steppe, from Ukrainian степ, from English step, from English stepchild, from Middle English stepchild, from Old English stēopċild — to swallow; swallow.
stepalaŭdo (Esperanto): calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
Definitions
- calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
Ancestry of “stepalaŭdo”, step by step
stepalaŭdo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto stepo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | stepo | moor, steppe |
| 2 | English | steppe | The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia.... |
| 3 | French | steppe | steppe |
| 4 | Ukrainian | степ | steppe; tap dance |
| 5 | English | step | An advance or movement made from one foot to the... |
| 6 | English | stepchild | The child of one's spouse but not one's own; A... |
| 7 | Middle English | stepchild | stepchild child of a spouse |
| 8 | Old English | stēopċild | stepchild |
| 9 | Old English | ċild | child, youth; fetus; female baby; child |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kelþaz | fetus; newborn; infant; child |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵelt- | womb |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |