Where does “Doktormutter” come from?

Doktormutter (German) comes from German Doktor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Doktormutter (German): doctoral advisor/supervisor

Definitions

  1. doctoral advisor/supervisor

Ancestry of “Doktormutter”, step by step

Doktormutter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Doktor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDoktordoctor
2Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via German mutter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmuttermother
2Middle High Germanmuotermother
3Old High Germanmuotermother
4Old Frisianmōder—
5Proto-Germanicmōdērmother
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin doctor →