Where does “lanterfanten” come from?
lanterfanten (Dutch) comes from Dutch lanterfant, from Dutch landtrefant, from Dutch landtrouwandt, from Dutch land, from Middle Dutch lant, from Old Dutch lant, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą — land, heath; loins.
lanterfanten (Dutch): to waste one's time, to be lazy, to lollygag
Definitions
- to waste one's time, to be lazy, to lollygag
Ancestry of “lanterfanten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lanterfant | slacker, good-for-nothing, vagabond |
| 2 | Dutch | landtrefant | — |
| 3 | Dutch | landtrouwandt | vagabond |
| 4 | Dutch | land | land; country; land |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | lant | land; country, region; ground, earth |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lant | land; land, terrain; territory |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |