Seppa

Japanese: seppa
Seppa

In Germanic languages, masons, shipwrights, shoemakers, etc. were called "schmiede" after the name of the product they made. In Finnish, the word "seppa" (blacksmith) was also a general term for craftsmen. It was only after the spread of Christianity in the Germanic world, when the construction of monasteries and churches became popular, that blacksmiths began to specialize as metalworkers.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "seppa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ゲルマン語では,石工,船大工,靴工なども,それぞれの製作物の名を冠して〈シュミーデ〉と呼ばれた。フィンランド語でも鍛冶屋の意のセッパseppaは工作者の総称であった。 鍛冶屋が金属加工者として専業化を進めたのは,ゲルマン世界におけるキリスト教の普及に伴って,修道院や教会の建築が盛んになってからのことである。…

※「seppa」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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