Where does “doer” come from?

doer (Middle English) comes from Middle English don, from Old English dōn, from Proto-West Germanic dōn, from Proto-Germanic dōną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

doer (Middle English): doer, agent; offender; cause, reason

Definitions

  1. doer, agent; offender; cause, reason

Ancestry of “doer”, step by step

doer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English don

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishdonTo do, perform; To complete, finish; To make,...
2Old Englishdōnto do
3Proto-West Germanicdōnto do; to put, to place
4Proto-Germanicdōnąto do, make; to put, place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tto put, to place; to do
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Old English dōere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdōerea doer; worker

Words derived from “doer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t →Every word from Proto-Germanic dōną →