English stepfather

← Old English stēopfæder (inherited)

← German Stiefvater (cognate)

← English step (prefix)

← English father (prefix)

← Middle English stepfader (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *steupafadēr (inherited)

← Icelandic stjúpfaðir (cognate)

← German Low German Steevvader (cognate)

← Dutch stiefvader (cognate)

← Saterland Frisian Stäiffoar (cognate)

← Swedish styvfar (cognate)

→ English stepfather-in-law (suffix)

→ English ex-stepfather (prefix)

→ English stepfatherly (suffix)

→ English stepfatherhood (suffix)

→ German Stiefvater (cognate)