Where does “scryer” come from?

scryer (English) comes from English ER, from Turkish er, from Ottoman Turkish ایر, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر, from Proto-Turkic ēder — saddle.

scryer (English): One who divines, sees or predicts the future by...

Definitions

  1. One who divines, sees or predicts the future by...

Ancestry of “scryer”, step by step

scryer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English scry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscryTo predict the future using crystal balls or...
2Middle Englishascry
3Anglo-Normanascri
4Old Frenchescri
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēderEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish ایرEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ایر