Where does “nagâț de stepă” come from?

nagâț de stepă (Romanian) comes from Romanian stepă, from French steppe, from Ukrainian степ, from English step, from English stepchild, from Middle English stepchild, from Old English stēopċild, from Old English ċild — to swallow; swallow.

nagâț de stepă (Romanian): sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)

Definitions

  1. sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)

Ancestry of “nagâț de stepă”, step by step

nagâț de stepă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian stepă

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

via Romanian de

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniandefrom; of; by
2Latinof; concerning; about
3Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
4Latinposteablative singular of postis
5Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via Romanian nagâț

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannagâțnorthern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel-
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