Where does “rinner” come from?
rinner (Swedish) comes from English rin, from Middle English rinnen, from Old English rinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *rinnan, from Proto-Germanic rinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ér- — to move, to stir.
Definitions
Ancestry of “rinner”, step by step
rinner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rin | To run; A coin worth 1⁄1000 of a Japanese yen, no... |
| 2 | Middle English | rinnen | to run |
| 3 | Old English | rinnan | to run |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *rinnan | to run, to flow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rinnaną | to run, to rush; to flow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ér- | to move, to stir |
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 |