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Where does “bigtaymer” come from?

bigtaymer (Cebuano) comes from English big-timer, from English ER, from Turkish er, from Ottoman Turkish ایر, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر, from Proto-Turkic ēder.

bigtaymer (Cebuano): big-timer; someone who is in the big time

Definitions

  1. big-timer; someone who is in the big time

Ancestry of “bigtaymer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbig-timerA major player in the field in question: someone...
2EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
3Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
4Ottoman Turkishایر—
5Old Anatolian Turkishایر—
6Proto-Turkicēder—
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēder →