Where does “seppo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “seppo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianseppäsmith
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*seppä
3Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled

Words derived from “seppo

Every word from Proto-Uralic śeppäEvery word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *seppäEvery word from Ingrian seppä
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