Where does “teeterer” come from?
teeterer (English) comes from English teeter, from English titter, from English tit, from Middle English tit, from Old English tit, from Old English titt, from Proto-Germanic titt-, from Proto-Indo-European tata- — poison, venom.
teeterer (English): One who teeters, who is about to fall physically or to give into temptation etc
Definitions
- One who teeters, who is about to fall physically or to give into temptation etc
Ancestry of “teeterer”, step by step
teeterer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English teeter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | teeter | To tilt back and forth on an edge; To be... |
| 2 | English | titter | To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or... |
| 3 | English | tit | A mammary gland, teat; A woman's breast; An... |
| 4 | Middle English | tit | — |
| 5 | Old English | tit | — |
| 6 | Old English | titt | tit, teat, breast; nipple |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | titt- | teat; nipple; breast |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tata- | father; parent; nipple |
| 9 | Sanskrit | तथा | in that manner |
| 10 | Sanskrit | यथा | in which manner or way, according as, as, like |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HyátʰaH | in which way, as, in which manner |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yós | that, who, which |
| 13 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
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 |