Where does “whistler” come from?
whistler (English) comes from Middle English whisteler, from Old English hwistlere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
whistler (English): Someone or something that whistles, or who plays...
Definitions
- Someone or something that whistles, or who plays...
Ancestry of “whistler”, step by step
whistler traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English whisteler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | whisteler | — |
| 2 | Old English | hwistlere | piper, fluter, flautist |
| 3 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via Middle English whistlar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | whistlar | — |
via Middle English whystelare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | whystelare | — |