Where does “lavkøbenhavnsk” come from?

lavkøbenhavnsk (Danish) comes from Danish lav, from Norwegian lav, from Old Norse lafa, from Proto-Germanic labēn-, from Proto-Indo-European leb- — to hang down loosely; lip; lick.

lavkøbenhavnsk (Danish): a sociolect historically associated with the lower classes of Copenhagen

Definitions

  1. a sociolect historically associated with the lower classes of Copenhagen

Ancestry of “lavkøbenhavnsk”, step by step

lavkøbenhavnsk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish lav

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlavlow; guild; lichen
2Norwegianlav—
3Old Norselafato dangle; hang loosely, dangle
4Proto-Germaniclabēn-to dangle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleb-to hang down loosely; lip; lick

via Danish københavnsk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkøbenhavnsk—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic labēn- →Every word from Old Norse lafa →