Where does “sleever” come from?

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

sleever (English): A person employed to fit sleeves to garments

Definitions

  1. A person employed to fit sleeves to garments

Ancestry of “sleever”, step by step

sleever 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 sleeve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsleeveThe part of a garment that covers the arm
2Middle EnglishsleveA sleeve or a garment consisting of one
3Old Englishslīefsleeve
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēder →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ایر →