Where does “Nuttensohn” come from?

Nuttensohn (German) comes from German Nutte, from Middle Low German nōte, from Old Saxon *hnutu, from Proto-West Germanic hnut, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Nuttensohn (German): son of a whore, variant of Hurensohn

Definitions

  1. son of a whore, variant of Hurensohn

Ancestry of “Nuttensohn”, step by step

Nuttensohn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Nutte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNuttewhore; prostitute
2Middle Low Germannōtenut
3Old Saxon*hnutu—
4Proto-West Germanichnutnut
5Proto-Germanichnutsnut
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via German sohn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansohnson
2Middle High Germansunson
3Old High Germansun—
4Proto-Germanicsunuzson
5Proto-Indo-European*suhnús—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →