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Where does “stēopbearn” come from?

stēopbearn (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *steupabarn, from Proto-Germanic steupabarną, from Proto-Germanic steupa-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

stēopbearn (Old English): stepchild

Definitions

  1. stepchild

Ancestry of “stēopbearn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*steupabarn—
2Proto-Germanicsteupabarnąstepchild
3Proto-Germanicsteupa-step-
4Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

Words derived from “stēopbearn”

  • stepbairn
  • stepbarn
  • steopbern
  • steopbearne
  • stepbarn
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