Where does “hodder” come from?
hodder (English) comes from English hod, from English hot, from Middle English hot, from Old English hāt, from Old English hātan, from Hungarian -an, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.
hodder (English): A coal miner who hauls hods from the workface
Definitions
- A coal miner who hauls hods from the workface
Ancestry of “hodder”, step by step
hodder traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English hod
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hod | To bob up and down on horseback; jog; A... |
| 2 | English | hot | Having a high temperature; Causing the air to be... |
| 3 | Middle English | hot | hot |
| 4 | Old English | hāt | hot, fervent, fervid, fierce |
| 5 | Old English | hātan | to promise; to command, promise; to command, call... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -an | Added to an adjective to create an adverb; Added... |
| 7 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |
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 |