Where does “Schuster” come from?

Schuster (German) comes from Middle High German schuochsūtære, from Old High German scuoh, from Proto-West Germanic skōh, from Proto-Germanic skōhaz, from Proto-Indo-European skewk-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- — to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

Schuster (German): shoemaker, cobbler

Definitions

  1. shoemaker, cobbler

Ancestry of “Schuster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschuochsūtære—
2Old High Germanscuohshoe
3Proto-West Germanicskōhshoe
4Proto-Germanicskōhazshoe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskewk-—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

Words derived from “Schuster”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skōhaz →