Where does “schlockmeister” come from?

schlockmeister (English) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic slahaną — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

schlockmeister (English): A writer of schlock; an author, film director,...

Definitions

  1. A writer of schlock; an author, film director,...

Ancestry of “schlockmeister”, step by step

schlockmeister traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English schlock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishschlockCommodity that is shoddy or inferior
2Yiddishשלאַק
3GermanSchlackeslag, dross, scoria; cinders, clinker; sediment,...
4Middle Low Germanslagge
5Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
6Old Saxonslāhanto hit
7Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
8Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
9Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via English meister

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeisterA person of great skill or authority in a...
2Germanmeistermaster
3Middle High Germanmeistermaster
4Old High Germanmeistar
5Vulgar Latinmaester
6Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
7Proto-Italicmagisterosbigger, greater
8Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros
9Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak-Every word from Proto-Germanic slahanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic slahan