Where does “small-towner” come from?
small-towner (English) comes from English small-town, from English small, from Middle English smal, from Old English smæl, from Proto-West Germanic smal, from Proto-Germanic smalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mal- — small; little.
small-towner (English): An inhabitant of a small town
Definitions
- An inhabitant of a small town
Ancestry of “small-towner”, step by step
small-towner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English small-town
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | small-town | Pertaining to a small town; provincial |
| 2 | English | small | Not large or big; insignificant; few in number;... |
| 3 | Middle English | smal | Small, miniscule; Little, few, scarce; Ground... |
| 4 | Old English | smæl | narrow, slim; not broad; slender; not thick;... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | smal | small |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | smalaz | small |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mal- | small; little |
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 |