Where does “Stiefelknecht” come from?

Stiefelknecht (German) comes from German Stiefel, from Old French estival, from Latin aestivālis, from Latin aestīvus, from Latin autumnus, from Latin auctumnus, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- — cold.

Stiefelknecht (German): bootjack; boot jack (a V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots)

Definitions

  1. bootjack; boot jack (a V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots)

Ancestry of “Stiefelknecht”, step by step

Stiefelknecht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Stiefel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStiefelboot
2Old Frenchestival—
3Latinaestivālissummer
4Latinaestīvussummer
5Latinautumnusautumn, fall; autumn; autumnal
6Latinauctumnusautumn; autumn; autumnal
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewǵ-cold

via German knecht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknechtmale servant, menial, especially on a farm
2Middle High Germanknëhta boy
3Old High Germankneht—
4Proto-West Germanicknehtyouth, boy; servant, knight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- →Every word from Latin auctumnus →Every word from Latin autumnus →