Where does “scrimper” come from?
scrimper (English) comes from English scrimp, from Middle Low German schrimpen, from Proto-Germanic skrimpaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
scrimper (English): One who scrimps
Definitions
- One who scrimps
Ancestry of “scrimper”, step by step
scrimper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scrimp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scrimp | A pinching miser; a niggard; To make too small or... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | schrimpen | to shrivel up, shrink; to shrivel up, wrinkle |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skrimpaną | to contract, to shrink |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kerbʰ- | to scratch, scrape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
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 |