Where does “seppo” come from?

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

seppo (Finnish): smith, skillful person

Definitions

  1. smith, skillful person

Ancestry of “seppo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseppäsmith, blacksmith; click beetle
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*seppä
3Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled
Every word from Proto-Uralic śeppä
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