Where does “peltiseppä” come from?

peltiseppä (Finnish) comes from Finnish seppä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *seppä, from Proto-Uralic śeppä — skilled.

peltiseppä (Finnish): plater someone who installs sheet metal

Definitions

  1. plater someone who installs sheet metal

Ancestry of “peltiseppä”, step by step

peltiseppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseppäsmith, blacksmith; click beetle
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*seppä
3Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled

via Finnish pelti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeltisheet metal; plate; sheet
2Swedishspälta (long and narrow) gap

Words derived from “peltiseppä

Every word from Proto-Uralic śeppä