Where does “Puffmutter” come from?

Puffmutter (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.

Puffmutter (German): woman who owns or looks after a brothel; a madam

Definitions

  1. woman who owns or looks after a brothel; a madam

Ancestry of “Puffmutter”, step by step

Puffmutter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German mutter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmuttermother
2Middle High Germanmuotermother
3Old High Germanmuotermother
4Old Frisianmōder—
5Proto-Germanicmōdērmother
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

via German Puff

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPuffthud, wham; a kind of dice game, anterior to...
2EnglishpuffA sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath...
3Middle Englishpuff—
4Old Englishpyfa blast of wind, puff
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōdēr →Every word from Old Frisian mōder →