Where does “yacker” come from?
yacker (English) comes from English yack, from English yak, from Korean 약, from Japanese 役, from Middle Chinese 役.
yacker (English): One who talks at length
Definitions
- One who talks at length
Ancestry of “yacker”, step by step
yacker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English yack
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | yack | Alternative form of yak; An oak |
| 2 | English | yak | An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas,... |
| 3 | Korean | 약 | drug; medicine; approximately; about; an ancient... |
| 4 | Japanese | 役 | role, service, use; hand, scoring combination;... |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 役 | — |
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 |