Where does “dinker” come from?

dinker (English) comes from English ER, from Turkish er, from Ottoman Turkish ایر, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر, from Proto-Turkic ēder — saddle.

dinker (English): one who dinks

Definitions

  1. one who dinks

Ancestry of “dinker”, step by step

dinker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle

via English DINK

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDINKdouble income, no kids - a childless couple with...
2EnglishdrinkTo consume through the mouth; To consume the...
3Middle Englishdrink
4Old Englishdrynċdrink; draught
5Proto-West Germanic*drunki
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēder
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