Where does “smækbukser” come from?
smækbukser (Danish) comes from Danish smæk, from Danish smække, from Swedish smäcka, from Middle Dutch smacken, from Old Dutch *smakkon.
smækbukser (Danish): overalls, dungarees (with shoulder straps – compare overall)
Definitions
- overalls, dungarees (with shoulder straps – compare overall)
Ancestry of “smækbukser”, step by step
smækbukser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.