Where does “stove” come from?

stove (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse stofa, from German stōve, from Old Saxon *stova, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

stove (Norwegian Nynorsk): a living room

Definitions

  1. a living room

Ancestry of “stove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestofaroom, living room
2Germanstōve—
3Old Saxon*stova—
4Proto-West Germanic*stobu—

Words derived from “stove”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stobu →