Where does “pyttr” come from?

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

pyttr (Old Norse): pit, pool, cesspool

Definitions

  1. pit, pool, cesspool

Ancestry of “pyttr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonputti
2Proto-Germanic*puti
3Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
4Latin-alnoun-forming suffix

Words derived from “pyttr

Every word from Latin -al