Where does “smeerlap” come from?
smeerlap (Dutch) comes from Dutch lap, from Swedish läpp, from Old Swedish lapper, from Finnish lappalainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach — to hit.
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Definitions
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Ancestry of “smeerlap”, step by step
smeerlap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch lap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lap | A rag, a piece of cloth; A patch, a piece of... |
| 2 | Swedish | läpp | lip |
| 3 | Old Swedish | lapper | — |
| 4 | Finnish | lappalainen | A Sami |
| 5 | Finnish | -läinen | Front vowel variant of -lainen |
| 6 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 7 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 8 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 9 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 11 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 12 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 13 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 14 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 15 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
via Dutch smeer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | smeer | smear, a fat substance; blow, whack |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | smeer | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | smero | grease, smear |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *smeru | grease, butter, fat |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | smerwą | grease, butter, fat |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | smérus | marrow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | smérus | grease |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | smer- | to fall into thought, remember, care for; to fall... |