pedlar

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 235 words | Copyright

pedlar travelling vendor of small wares. XIV (pedlere). alt. of †pedder (XIII), f. (dial.) ped wicker pannier (XIV), of unkn. orig. + -ER1; for the ending -ler cf. (dial.) tinkler (XII), beside tinker. See -AR.
Hence PEDDLE XVI.

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