Where does “Sowter” come from?

Sowter (English) comes from English souter, from Middle English soutere, from Old English sūtere, from Latin sūtor, from Latin suō, from Proto-Italic sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- — to sew.

Ancestry of “Sowter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsouterA shoemaker or cobbler
2Middle EnglishsoutereA shoemaker one who makes shoes
3Old Englishsūtereshoemaker
4Latinsūtorshoemaker, cobbler
5Latinsuōto sew, stitch
6Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
7Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →Every word from Proto-Italic sūō →Every word from Latin suō →