Where does “scrawler” come from?
scrawler (English) comes from English scrawl, from Middle English scraulen, from Middle English crawlen, from Old Norse krafla, from Proto-Germanic krablōną, from Proto-Germanic krabbōną, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
scrawler (English): One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer
Definitions
- One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer
Ancestry of “scrawler”, step by step
scrawler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scrawl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scrawl | Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | scraulen | to spread out one's limbs; sprawl; to crawl |
| 3 | Middle English | crawlen | to crawl |
| 4 | Old Norse | krafla | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krablōną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krabbōną | to scratch, scrape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
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 |