Where does “scohwyrhta” come from?

scohwyrhta (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.

scohwyrhta (Old English): shoemaker, cobbler

Definitions

  1. shoemaker, cobbler

Ancestry of “scohwyrhta”, step by step

scohwyrhta 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 sċōh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċōhshoe
2Proto-West Germanicskōhshoe
3Proto-Germanicskōhazshoe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskewk-—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -jō →