tynkere

Middle English

Alternative forms

tenker, tyngker, tynkare

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably related to tyn (“tin”). Perhaps from Old English *tincere, from tin (“tin”) +‎ *-cere (as in bēocere (“beekeeper”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *kazjaz (“vessel-maker”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtinkər(ə)/

Noun

tynkere

tinker (itinerant repairer of metal kitchenware)

Descendants

English: tinker
Scots: tinker

References

“tinker(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.