Where does “Stiefbruder” come from?

Stiefbruder (German) comes from German stief-, from Middle High German stief-, from Old High German stiof-, from Proto-Germanic steupa-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

Stiefbruder (German): stepbrother (son of one's stepfather or stepmother)

Definitions

  1. stepbrother (son of one's stepfather or stepmother)

Ancestry of “Stiefbruder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstief-step-; a prefix indicating the individual being...
2Middle High Germanstief-—
3Old High Germanstiof-—
4Proto-Germanicsteupa-step-
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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