Where does “schlockiness” come from?
schlockiness (English) comes from English schlocky, from English schlock, from Yiddish שלאַק, from German Schlacke, from Middle Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slān, from Old Saxon slāhan, from Proto-West Germanic slahan — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
schlockiness (English): The quality of being schlocky
Definitions
- The quality of being schlocky
Ancestry of “schlockiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | schlocky | Of inferior quality, cheap; Tacky, of tasteless... |
| 2 | English | schlock | Commodity that is shoddy or inferior |
| 3 | Yiddish | שלאַק | — |
| 4 | German | Schlacke | slag, dross, scoria; cinders, clinker; sediment,... |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 7 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |