Släkthistoria för Pewter
Pewter Vad efternamn betyder
for a manufacturer of pewter (an alloy of tin) and of tableware made of pewter from Middle English peut(e)rer peuderer *peutherer peautrer *poutrer (Anglo-Norman French peautrer Old French peautrier). The surname was often reduced to Pewter Powter and occasionally to Puther or Pother to avoid the -er repetition.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
