Where does “Hobbymusiker” come from?

Hobbymusiker (German) comes from German Hobby, from English hobby, from English hobby-horse, from Middle English hoby, from Albanian hobe, from Middle Low German hōpen, from Old Saxon hopon, from Proto-West Germanic hopōn — to hope, to expect.

Hobbymusiker (German): hobby musician male or of unspecified sex

Definitions

  1. hobby musician male or of unspecified sex

Ancestry of “Hobbymusiker”, step by step

Hobbymusiker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hobby

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHobbya hobby
2EnglishhobbyAn activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare...
3Englishhobby-horseAlternative spelling of hobby horse
4Middle Englishhoby
5Albanianhobecatapult, sling
6Middle Low Germanhōpento hope
7Old Saxonhopon
8Proto-West Germanichopōnto hope, to expect

via German Musiker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMusikermusician
2Germanmusikmusic
3Middle High Germanmūsic
4Old High Germanmusika
5Latinmūsica
6Ancient Greekμουσικήnominative feminine singular of μουσικός; any of...
7Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

Words derived from “Hobbymusiker

Every word from Proto-West Germanic hopōn