Where does “yorker” come from?
yorker (English) comes from English New York, from English York, from Middle English Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, from Old Norse Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum, from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg — York.
yorker (English): a ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the...
Definitions
- a ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the...
Ancestry of “yorker”, step by step
yorker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English New York
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | New York | New York County, a county of New York, coterminous with the Borough of Manhattan |
| 2 | English | York | English city |
| 3 | Middle English | Ȝork | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | Jórk | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | Jórvík | — |
| 6 | Old English | Eoforwīċ | York |
| 7 | Latin | Eborācum | Eboracum, a fort and city in Roman Britain, which evolved into York |
| 8 | Proto-Brythonic | *Eβrọg | York |
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 |