Drinker
The origin and history of Drinker.
Etymology
This word came into English as Middle English drinkere, drynkere, which developed from Old English drincere (“drinker”), itself from Proto-Germanic *drinkārijaz (“drinker”); it is equivalent to drink + -er. It is cognate with Saterland Frisian Drinker (“drinker”), West Frisian drinker (“drinker”), Dutch drinker (“drinker”), German Low German Drinker (“drinker”), German Trinker (“drinker”), Danish drikker (“drinker”), and Swedish drickare, drinkare (“drinker”).
