agent noun of schneiden: cutter (a person or device that cuts) · tailor (male or of unspecified gender) · daddy-longlegs, harvestman, water strider, cranefly, etc. (any long-legged arachnid or insect)
köken: From Middle High German snīdære, equivalent to schneiden + -er. Compare Yiddish שנײַדער (shnayder), dated Dutch snijder and Afrikaans snyer. Compare Schröder and Schrödinger as other German counterparts of Tailor and Taylor; also compare Cutter.
köken: Derived from Middle Low German schrēdere, schrādere, schrȫder; see German schroten (“to grind, chip”) for more. Insect name from making scissor-like motions with the middle legs. Doublet of skräda.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *serḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *sr̥ḱyéti Proto-Italic *sarkjō Latin sarciō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin sartor Old Catalan sartre Old Catalan sastrebor. Old Spanish sastre Spanish sastre Inherited from Old Spanish sastre, from Old Catalan sastre, from earlier sartre, from Latin sartor.