Etymology Explorer
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Where does “*puti” come from?
*puti (Proto-Germanic) comes from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.
Ancestry of “*puti”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
puteus
pit, dungeon; well; cistern
2
Latin
-al
noun-forming suffix
Words derived from “*puti”
pott
putz
Petz
petzite
pfuzzi
putti
putti
pit
putten
put
pyttr
pütte
pfütze
pütze
putte
put
putten
putter
puts
Pfütze
Putz
pytt
pytt
pfütze
Every word from Latin -al →
Every word from Latin puteus →