Where does “stöbern” come from?
stöbern (German) comes from Middle Low German stȫven, from Middle Low German stove, from Old French estuver, from Old French estuve, from Medieval Latin stupha, from Ancient Greek τῦφος, from Ancient Greek τύφω, from Proto-Indo-European dhubh- — scatter like dust.
stöbern (German): to browse, to rummage
Definitions
- to browse, to rummage
Ancestry of “stöbern”, step by step
stöbern traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German stȫven
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | stȫven | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | stove | — |
| 3 | Old French | estuver | to bathe |
| 4 | Old French | estuve | large bath |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | stupha | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τῦφος | a kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύφω | to smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dhubh- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dheu- | scatter like dust |