Where does “lanterfanteren” come from?
lanterfanteren (Dutch) comes from Dutch lanterfanter, from Dutch lanterfanten, from Dutch lanterfant, from Dutch landtrefant, from Dutch landtrouwandt, from Dutch land, from Middle Dutch lant, from Old Dutch lant — land, heath; loins.
lanterfanteren (Dutch): to waste one's time, to be lazy
Definitions
- to waste one's time, to be lazy
Ancestry of “lanterfanteren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lanterfanter | slacker, good-for-nothing |
| 2 | Dutch | lanterfanten | to waste one's time, to be lazy, to lollygag |
| 3 | Dutch | lanterfant | slacker, good-for-nothing, vagabond |
| 4 | Dutch | landtrefant | — |
| 5 | Dutch | landtrouwandt | vagabond |
| 6 | Dutch | land | land; country; land |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | lant | land; country, region; ground, earth |
| 8 | Old Dutch | lant | land; land, terrain; territory |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |