Tinker is sometimes found as the Frequentative Tinkler, a name traditionally due to his approach being heralded by the clatter of metal utensils- "My bonny lass, I work on brass, A tinkler is my station."
"The Romance of Names"
Ernest Weekley
From the same sp and the termination ark, comes spark, signifying a single emission of fire with a noise; namely sp, the emission, ar, the more acute noise, and k, the mute consonant, intimates its being suddenly terminated; but adding l, is made the Frequentative sparkle.
"A Grammar of the English Tongue"
Samuel Johnson
In the Frequentative form this becomes kenonhweron, which has the meaning of "I salute and thank," i.
"The Iroquois Book of Rites"
Horatio Hale