Where does “calker” come from?

calker (English) comes from English calk, from French calque, from French calquer, from English ER, from Turkish er, from Ottoman Turkish ایر, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر, from Proto-Turkic ēder — saddle.

calker (English): One who calks; A calk on a shoe

Definitions

  1. One who calks; A calk on a shoe

Ancestry of “calker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcalkA pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent it...
2Frenchcalquetracing; calque, loan translation; layer
3Frenchcalquerto model, to imitate, to copy; to trace, to copy...
4EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
5Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
6Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
7Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
8Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēder