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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | schlock | Commodity that is shoddy or inferior |
| 2 | Yiddish | שלאַק | — |
| 3 | German | Schlacke | slag, dross, scoria; cinders, clinker; sediment,... |
| 4 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via English meister
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meister | A person of great skill or authority in a... |
| 2 | German | meister | master |
| 3 | Middle High German | meister | master |
| 4 | Old High German | meistar | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | maester | — |
| 6 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |