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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schuster

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Schuster
Friedrich Kluge2509864An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Schuster1891John Francis Davis

Schuster, m., ‘shoemaker, cobbler,’ from the equiv. MidHG. schuoch-sûtœre, m.; OHG. and MidHG. also merely sûtâri, sûtœ̂re, m., ‘cobbler’; corresponding to AS. sûtêre, Northern E. and Scotch souter. Borrowed from Lat. sutor, with a G. suffix denoting the agent; sûtâri, as a genuine Teut. derivative from the Teut. root sī̆w, ‘to sew,’ discussed under Saum and Säule, is not probable. The genuine G. word for the UpG. Schuster is MidHG. schuochwürhte (allied to wirken), which has been preserved only in the proper names Schuchart or Schubert.