English stepmother

← Old English stēopmōdor (inherited)

← Danish stedmor (cognate)

← German Stiefmutter (cognate)

← English step (prefix)

← English mother (prefix)

← Middle English stepmoder (inherited)

← West Frisian styfmem (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *steupamōdēr (inherited)

← Icelandic stjúpmóðir (cognate)

← German Low German Steevmoder (cognate)

← Dutch stiefmoeder (cognate)

← Saterland Frisian Stäifmuur (cognate)

← Swedish styvmor (cognate)

→ English mother (link)

→ English stepmotherhood (suffix)

→ English stepmotherly (suffix)

→ English stepmotherless (suffix)