Where does “splasher” come from?

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

splasher (English): Someone who splashes; A guard to keep off...

Definitions

  1. Someone who splashes; A guard to keep off...

Ancestry of “splasher”, step by step

splasher 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 splash

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsplashThe sound made by an object hitting a liquid; A...
2EnglishplashA small pool of standing water; a puddle; A...
3Middle Englishplasch
4Old Englishplæsċpool, puddle
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēder