köken: Perhaps from Ancient Greek βοτήρ (botḗr, “herdsman”), akin to βόσκω (bóskō, “to graze”). Alternatively from Ancient Greek βούτης (boútēs, “yokel”), from βοῦς (boûs, “cattle”). Caix derives it from Vulgar Latin puttulus, diminutive of puttus, from Latin putus (“boy”), since the meaning is still present dialectally (for the shift of change in suffix compare donnacchera).
köken: From көтөү (kötöw, “herd; to tend to cattle”) + -се (-se, affix forming an agent noun). Cognate with Southern Altai кӱдӱчи (küdüči, “heardsman”).
a herdsman, herd, herder of a flock of animals · a pastoral (clerical) guide · a sheepdog
çekim: çoğul herders
köken: From Middle Dutch herder, earlier herde from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”) + agent suffix -e; the agent suffix -er replaced -e when the latter fell in disuse as signifying agency.
herdsman, herder, herd · shepherd (someone who watches over and guides)
çekim: çoğul paimenet · tamlayan paimenen
köken: From Proto-Finnic *paimën, borrowed from a Baltic language (compare Lithuanian piemuo), from Proto-Indo-European *poh₂imḗn (compare Ancient Greek ποιμήν (poimḗn)), from *peh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Latin pastor). Related to Karelian paimoi.
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto ŝafisto Proto-Germanic *-inī Proto-West Germanic *-ini Old High German -in Middle High German -in German -inder. Esperanto -ino Esperanto ŝafistino From ŝafisto (“shepherd”) + -ino.