Where does “flyrodder” come from?
flyrodder (English) comes from English flyrod, from English fly, from Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.
flyrodder (English): An angler who fishes with a flyrod
Definitions
- An angler who fishes with a flyrod
Ancestry of “flyrodder”, step by step
flyrodder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flyrod
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flyrod | a thin, flexible fishing rod designed to cast an... |
| 2 | English | fly | Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by... |
| 3 | Middle English | flien | To fly; to travel in the air; To move in the sky;... |
| 4 | Old English | flēogan | to fly |
| 5 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 9 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 12 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 13 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 14 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
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 |