Where does “שטיפֿשוועסטער” come from?

שטיפֿשוועסטער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שטיפֿ־, 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.

שטיפֿשוועסטער (Yiddish): stepsister

Definitions

  1. stepsister

Ancestry of “שטיפֿשוועסטער”, step by step

שטיפֿשוועסטער traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שטיפֿ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשטיפֿ־step
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

via Yiddish שוועסטער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשוועסטערsister
2Middle High Germanswëster—
3Old High Germanswestersister
4Proto-West Germanic*swestersister
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- →