Where does “Lappsack” come from?

Lappsack (East Central German) comes from East Central German Sack.

Lappsack (East Central German): babbler, waffler, prattler

Definitions

  1. babbler, waffler, prattler

Ancestry of “Lappsack”, step by step

Lappsack traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via East Central German Sack

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1East Central GermanSack

via East Central German lappm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1East Central Germanlappmto talk nonsense
Every word from East Central German Sack
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