Where does “vuggestue” come from?

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

vuggestue (Danish): daycare, nursery school

Definitions

  1. daycare, nursery school

Ancestry of “vuggestue”, step by step

vuggestue 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 vugge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishvuggecradle; to waddle, rock
2Old Norsevaggacradle

Words derived from “vuggestue”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stobu →Every word from Old Saxon *stova →Every word from German stōve →