Etymograph

English

tilter

From tilt + -er.

A compound of tilt + -er

Proto-West Germanic *taltijan

Old English *tyltan ‘to be unsteady’

Middle English tilte

English tilt

Today it means

noun One who tilts something.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tilter”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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