Where does “ringbarker” come from?

ringbarker (English) comes from English ringbark, from English ring, from Middle English ryng, from Old English hring, from Proto-West Germanic hring, from Proto-Germanic hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- — to cut, cut off, sever.

ringbarker (English): One who ringbarks

Definitions

  1. One who ringbarks

Ancestry of “ringbarker”, step by step

ringbarker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ringbark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishringbarkTo remove the bark from a tree in a ring all the...
2EnglishringA solid object in the shape of a circle; A group...
3Middle Englishryngring
4Old Englishhringring
5Proto-West Germanichringring, circle
6Proto-Germanichringazring, circle; curve; sound, ring
7Proto-Indo-European(s)krengʰ-to turn, bend
8Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

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 sek-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)krengʰ-