Where does “Stubenhocker” come from?

Stubenhocker (German) comes from German stube, from Middle High German stube, from Old High German stuba, from Proto-Germanic *stubu.

Stubenhocker (German): couch potato, homebody, stay at home

Definitions

  1. couch potato, homebody, stay at home

Ancestry of “Stubenhocker”, step by step

Stubenhocker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German stube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstubeliving room
2Middle High Germanstube—
3Old High Germanstubaa heated room; bathroom; step
4Proto-Germanic*stubu—

via German Höcker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHöckerhump
2Germanhockento squat; to crouch; to sit in a huddled...
3Middle Low Germanhuckento crouch, cower
Every word from Proto-Germanic *stubu →