Where does “ricker” come from?

ricker (English) comes from English Rick, from English recruit, from French recruter, from German Rekrut, from French recreute, from French recrue, from Old French recreu, from Old French recreistre.

ricker (English): A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a...

Definitions

  1. A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a...

Ancestry of “ricker”, step by step

ricker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Rick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRickStraw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch
2EnglishrecruitA supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a...
3Frenchrecruterto recruit
4GermanRekrutrecruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the...
5Frenchrecreute
6Frenchrecruerecruit
7Old Frenchrecreu
8Old Frenchrecreistre

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 Old French recreistre