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Where does “fajnšmekr” come from?

fajnšmekr (Czech) comes from German Feinschmecker, from German Schmecker, from English ER, from Turkish er, from Ottoman Turkish ایر, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر, from Proto-Turkic ēder.

fajnšmekr (Czech): connoisseur

Definitions

  1. connoisseur

Ancestry of “fajnšmekr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFeinschmeckergourmet
2GermanSchmeckertaster
3EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
4Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
5Ottoman Turkishایر—
6Old Anatolian Turkishایر—
7Proto-Turkicēder—
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