Where does “trinkerman” come from?
trinkerman (English) comes from English trink, from Old French trenche, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre.
trinkerman (English): A fisherman who uses trinks
Definitions
- A fisherman who uses trinks
Ancestry of “trinkerman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trink | A kind of fishing net that is attached to a post... |
| 2 | Old French | trenche | trench; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 5 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 6 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 7 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 8 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 9 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |