Where does “kingsepp” come from?

kingsepp (Estonian) comes from Estonian Sepp, from Estonian sepp, from Proto-Finnic seppä, from Proto-Uralic śeppä — skilled.

kingsepp (Estonian): shoemaker, cobbler

Definitions

  1. shoemaker, cobbler

Ancestry of “kingsepp”, step by step

kingsepp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian Sepp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianSeppsmith
2Estonianseppsmith
3Proto-Finnicseppäsmith
4Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled

via Estonian king

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankingshoe
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Uralic śeppä →Every word from Proto-Finnic seppä →Every word from Estonian sepp →