Where does “lanterfanter” come from?
lanterfanter (Dutch) comes from Dutch lanterfanten, 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 — land, heath; loins.
lanterfanter (Dutch): slacker, good-for-nothing
Definitions
- slacker, good-for-nothing
Ancestry of “lanterfanter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lanterfanten | to waste one's time, to be lazy, to lollygag |
| 2 | Dutch | lanterfant | slacker, good-for-nothing, vagabond |
| 3 | Dutch | landtrefant | — |
| 4 | Dutch | landtrouwandt | vagabond |
| 5 | Dutch | land | land; country; land |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | lant | land; country, region; ground, earth |
| 7 | Old Dutch | lant | land; land, terrain; territory |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |