Where does “double talker” come from?
double talker (English) comes from English double talk, from English talk, from Middle English talken, from Old English tealcian, from Proto-Germanic talkōną, from Proto-Germanic talōną, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
double talker (English): Someone who engages in double talk
Definitions
- Someone who engages in double talk
Ancestry of “double talker”, step by step
double talker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English double talk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | double talk | Doublespeak; Lies, especially in a formal... |
| 2 | English | talk | To communicate, usually by means of speech; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | talken | — |
| 4 | Old English | tealcian | to talk, chat |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | talkōną | to talk, chatter |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | talōną | to tell, speak, recount; to count, to reckon |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
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 |