Where does “istep-in” come from?

istep-in (Tagalog) comes from English step-in, from English step, from English stepchild, from Middle English stepchild, from Old English stēopċild, from Old English ċild, from Proto-Germanic kelþaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵelt- — to swallow; swallow.

istep-in (Tagalog): slippers

Definitions

  1. slippers

Ancestry of “istep-in”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishstep-inAn item of clothing which one steps into to put...
2EnglishstepAn advance or movement made from one foot to the...
3EnglishstepchildThe child of one's spouse but not one's own; A...
4Middle Englishstepchildstepchild child of a spouse
5Old Englishstēopċildstepchild
6Old Englishċildchild, youth; fetus; female baby; child
7Proto-Germanickelþazfetus; newborn; infant; child
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵelt-womb
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵelt-Every word from Proto-Germanic kelþaz