Where does “doomsdayer” come from?
doomsdayer (English) comes from English doomsday, from Middle English dai, from Old English dæg, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.
Ancestry of “doomsdayer”, step by step
doomsdayer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English doomsday
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | doomsday | The day when God is expected to judge the world;... |
| 2 | Middle English | dai | Alternative form of day |
| 3 | Old English | dæg | day, as a period from sunrise to sunset and as... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | dag | day |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |