Where does “skanker” come from?

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

skanker (English): Someone who dances the skank; A dishonest person,...

Definitions

  1. Someone who dances the skank; A dishonest person,...

Ancestry of “skanker”, step by step

skanker 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 skank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishskankA lewd and disreputable person, often female,...
2EnglishskagAlternative form of skeg; Alternative spelling of...
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