Where does “læstwyrhta” come from?

læstwyrhta (Old English) comes from Old English wyrhta, from Proto-West Germanic wurhtijō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

læstwyrhta (Old English): shoemaker

Definitions

  1. shoemaker

Ancestry of “læstwyrhta”, step by step

læstwyrhta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wyrhta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwyrhtaa worker; a maker of something
2Proto-West Germanicwurhtijōworker, workman
3Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

via Old English læste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlæstelast
2Proto-Germaniclaistiz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleys-to trace, to track
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -jō →