Where does “vuggestue” come from?

vuggestue (Greenlandic) comes from Danish vuggestue, from Danish stue, from Old Norse stofa, from German stōve, from Old Saxon *stova, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

vuggestue (Greenlandic): nursery

Definitions

  1. nursery

Ancestry of “vuggestue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishvuggestuedaycare, nursery school
2Danishstueliving room; room; first floor, ground floor
3Old Norsestofaroom, living room
4Germanstōve—
5Old Saxon*stova—
6Proto-West Germanic*stobu—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stobu →Every word from Old Saxon *stova →Every word from German stōve →