Where does “pyttur” come from?

pyttur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse pyttr, from Old Saxon putti, from Proto-Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.

pyttur (Icelandic): deep waterhole

Definitions

  1. deep waterhole

Ancestry of “pyttur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsepyttrpit, pool, cesspool
2Old Saxonputti—
3Proto-Germanic*puti—
4Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
5Latin-alnoun-forming suffix
Every word from Latin -al →Every word from Latin puteus →Every word from Proto-Germanic *puti →