Where does “pegger” come from?

pegger (English) comes from English PEG, from Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge, from Old Saxon pigg-, from Proto-Germanic pig-, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.

pegger (English): A person who pegs; A person who, or machine that,...

Definitions

  1. A person who pegs; A person who, or machine that,...

Ancestry of “pegger”, step by step

pegger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English PEG

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPEGAcronym of polyethylene glycol; Percutaneous...
2Middle Englishpeggepeg
3Middle Dutchpeggepin, peg
4Old Saxonpigg-
5Proto-Germanicpig-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbaḱ-club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European baḱ-