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