Where does “vliegenmepper” come from?

vliegenmepper (Dutch) comes from Dutch Vlieg, from Middle Dutch vliege.

vliegenmepper (Dutch): flyswatter, implement to manually chase or squash...

Definitions

  1. flyswatter, implement to manually chase or squash...

Ancestry of “vliegenmepper”, step by step

vliegenmepper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Vlieg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchVliegMusca
2Middle Dutchvliege

via Dutch mepper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmepper
Every word from Middle Dutch vliegeEvery word from Dutch Vlieg