inker

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Ancient Greek ἐν (en)

Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-)

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w-?

Proto-Hellenic *káyyō

Ancient Greek καίω (kaíō)

Ancient Greek καυστός (kaustós)

Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston)bor.

Late Latin encaustumder.

Old French enquebor.

Middle English ynke

English ink

English -er

English inker

From ink + -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋ.kə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋ.kɚ/
• Homophone: Inca (non-rhotic)
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ)

Noun

inker (plural inkers)

1. A person or device that applies ink.
2. In comic book production, a person who outlines and otherwise embellishes the artwork of a penciler in preparation for publishing.

   Synonyms: finisher, embellisher

3. A tattoo artist.

Related terms

• red-inker

Anagrams

• Kiner, Ikner, reink, Kerin, Krein, -kiren, Keirn, Irken, nerik, Rinke

Middle English

Alternative forms

• incker, ȝinker, unker, gunker, ȝunker

Etymology

From Old English incer, genitive form of ġit, from Proto-Germanic *inkweraz, possessive form of *jut. Initial /j/ is due to the influence of ȝit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinkər/, /ˈunkər/, /ˈjinkər/, /ˈjunkər/

Determiner

inker (nominative pronoun ȝit)

1. (Early Middle English) Second-person dual possessive determiner: both of your.

See also

Middle English personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st person		I, ich, ik	me		min mi1	min
	2nd person		þou	þe		þin þi1	þin
	3rd person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him2	his, hit	—
dual3	1st person		wit	unk		unker
	2nd person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd person4		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres, heren
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

¹ Used preconsonantally or before h.
² Early or dialectal.
³ Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
⁴ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.

Pronoun

inker (nominative wit)

1. (Early Middle English) First-person dual genitive pronoun: both of yours, the two of yours.

References

• “inker, pron. poss. dual.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 May 2018.