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Where does “shatterer” come from?

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

shatterer (English): A person who, or thing that shatters something

Definitions

  1. A person who, or thing that shatters something

Ancestry of “shatterer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایر—
4Old Anatolian Turkishایر—
5Proto-Turkicēder—
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēder →