Where does “pytt” come from?

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

pytt (Norwegian Nynorsk): a pond, pool (of water), puddle

Definitions

  1. a pond, pool (of water), puddle

Ancestry of “pytt”, 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 →