Where does “skylarker” come from?
skylarker (English) comes from English skylark, from English lark, from Middle English larke, from Old English lāwerce, from Proto-West Germanic *laiwaʀikā, from Proto-Germanic laiwazikǭ, from Proto-Germanic laiwaz — lark.
skylarker (English): One who frolics or plays tricks
Definitions
- One who frolics or plays tricks
Ancestry of “skylarker”, step by step
skylarker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English skylark
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | skylark | A small brown passerine bird, "Alauda arvensis",... |
| 2 | English | lark | Any of various small, singing passerine birds of... |
| 3 | Middle English | larke | skylark; The meat of a a skylark |
| 4 | Old English | lāwerce | lark |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *laiwaʀikā | lark |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | laiwazikǭ | lark |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | laiwaz | lark |
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 |