Where does “Mütterchen” come from?
Mütterchen (German) comes from German mutter, from Middle High German muoter, from Old High German muoter, from Old Frisian mōder, from Proto-Germanic mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.
Mütterchen (German): Diminutive of Mutter
Ancestry of “Mütterchen”, step by step