Where does “yekesters” come from?

yekesters (Middle English) comes from Middle English ters, from Old English teors, from Proto-West Germanic *ters — nail, peg.

yekesters (Middle English): cuckoopint

Definitions

  1. cuckoopint

Ancestry of “yekesters”, step by step

yekesters traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English ters

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishterspenis
2Old Englishteorspenis
3Proto-West Germanic*tersnail, peg

via Middle English yekes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishyekes—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ters →Every word from Old English teors →Every word from Middle English ters →