Where does “Blinker” come from?

Blinker (German) comes from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Blinker (German): indicator UK, Australia, New Zealand, turn signal US, blinker informal, US, direction indicator

Definitions

  1. indicator UK, Australia, New Zealand, turn signal US, blinker informal, US, direction indicator

Ancestry of “Blinker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
2Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
3Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
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