Where does “stuepige” come from?

stuepige (Danish) comes from Danish stue, from Old Norse stofa, from German stōve, from Old Saxon *stova, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

stuepige (Danish): maid, housemaid, housegirl a younger woman cleaning and serving in a private household

Definitions

  1. maid, housemaid, housegirl a younger woman cleaning and serving in a private household

Ancestry of “stuepige”, step by step

stuepige traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish stue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishstueliving room; room; first floor, ground floor
2Old Norsestofaroom, living room
3Germanstōve—
4Old Saxon*stova—
5Proto-West Germanic*stobu—

via Danish pige

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishpigegirl; girl, woman; girl, girlfriend
2Old Norsepíkaa girl, a lass, a virgin; a young girl, a working...
3Finnishpiikamaid; girl; a girlchild
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stobu →Every word from Old Saxon *stova →Every word from German stōve →