Where does “puusuutari” come from?

puusuutari (Finnish) comes from Finnish suutari, from Old Swedish sutare, from Latin sūtor, from Latin suō, from Proto-Italic sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- — to sew.

puusuutari (Finnish): wood-cobbler person who makes or repairs wooden shoes

Definitions

  1. wood-cobbler person who makes or repairs wooden shoes

Ancestry of “puusuutari”, step by step

puusuutari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suutari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuutarishoemaker; cobbler; cobbler's
2Old Swedishsutarecobbler, shoemaker
3Latinsūtorshoemaker, cobbler
4Latinsuōto sew, stitch
5Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
6Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →Every word from Proto-Italic sūō →Every word from Latin suō →