Where does “sepp” come from?

sepp (Võro) comes from Proto-Finnic seppä, from Proto-Uralic śeppä — skilled.

sepp (Võro): smith; yeast

Definitions

  1. smith; yeast

Ancestry of “sepp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicseppäsmith
2Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled
Every word from Proto-Uralic śeppäEvery word from Proto-Finnic seppä
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