In WWI, doughboys had bandages to wind about lower leg
called "puttees". I wonder if from same root. It is not.

puttee

SYLLABICATION: put·tee
PRONUNCIATION: p-t, pt
NOUN: 1. A strip of cloth wound spirally around the leg from ankle to knee. Often used in the plural. 2. A gaiter covering the lower leg. Often used in the plural.
ETYMOLOGY: Hindi pa, from Sanskrit paik, from paaka, bandage, ribbon, from paa, strip of cloth.