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Where does “ŝuisto” come from?

ŝuisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝuo, from English shoe, from German Schuh, from Middle High German schuo, from Old High German scuoh, from Proto-West Germanic skōh, from Proto-Germanic skōhaz, from Proto-Indo-European skewk- — to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

ŝuisto (Esperanto): shoemaker

Definitions

  1. shoemaker

Ancestry of “ŝuisto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoŝuoshoe
2EnglishshoeA protective covering for the foot, with a bottom...
3GermanSchuhshoe
4Middle High Germanschuo—
5Old High Germanscuohshoe
6Proto-West Germanicskōhshoe
7Proto-Germanicskōhazshoe
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskewk-—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...
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