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

  1. calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)

Ancestry of “stepalaŭdo”, step by step

stepalaŭdo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto stepo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantostepomoor, steppe
2EnglishsteppeThe grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia....
3Frenchsteppesteppe
4Ukrainianстепsteppe; tap dance
5EnglishstepAn advance or movement made from one foot to the...
6EnglishstepchildThe child of one's spouse but not one's own; A...
7Middle Englishstepchildstepchild child of a spouse
8Old Englishstēopċildstepchild
9Old Englishċildchild, youth; fetus; female baby; child
10Proto-Germanickelþazfetus; newborn; infant; child
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵelt-womb
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

via Esperanto alaŭdo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoalaŭdolark
2LatinalaudaA lark; the crested lark, the skylark
3Gaulish*alawdaA skylark
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel-