The story
- Middle English · inherited frombedmaker
- English todaybedmaker
From Middle English bedmaker, bedmakere, equivalent to bed + maker. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bäädmoaker (“bedmaker”), West Frisian bêdmakker (“bedmaker”), Dutch beddenmaker (“bedmaker”), German Bettmacher (“bedmaker”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.