Etymograph

English

Suter

Suter comes from Latin sūtor ‘cobbler’, from sūo ‘sew, stitch’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *sūō.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sūō‘to sew, stitch’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūo‘sew, stitch’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūtor‘cobbler’
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sūtārī‘shoemaker’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050sūtāri
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350sūter
  7. EnglishtodaySuter

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sūō‘to sew, stitch’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūo‘sew, stitch’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūtor‘cobbler’
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sūtārī‘shoemaker’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050sūtāri
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350sūter
  7. EnglishtodaySuter

The story

English, Dutch, and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from Suter, from Middle High German sūter, from Old High German sūtāri, from Proto-West Germanic *sūtārī (‘shoemaker’), borrowed from Latin sūtor (‘cobbler’); ultimately from Latin sūo (‘sew, stitch’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *syewH- ‘to sew’

sew, seam, hymen, sutra, sutta, 7 more

through Latin sūo ‘sew, stitch’

suture, 3 more

through Latin sūtor ‘cobbler’

souter, 2 more

Today it means

name An occupational surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *sūō / Suter

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