Where does “putsa” come from?

putsa (Proto-Albanian) comes from Spanish pucha, from Spanish puta, from Old Spanish puta, from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta, from Latin puto, from Latin putus, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós — to be clean, pure.

Ancestry of “putsa”, step by step

putsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish pucha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpuchapussy; expresses pity, disappointment, sympathy
2Spanishputafeminine singular of puto; whore, slut,...
3Old Spanishputawhore
4Vulgar Latinputtaprostitute
5Latinputasecond-person singular present active imperative...
6LatinputoI clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,...
7Latinputuspure; a boy
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via German putzen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanputzento clean, especially by rubbing with something...
2Middle High Germanbutzelump, piece, stump
3Proto-Germanicbuttazcut off; chopped; stumpy; end; piece
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰnósbottom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “putsa

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtósEvery word from Latin putus