Where does “slipshod” come from?
I need to work with the chain provided, but I notice there's a problem: the chain shows "slip" and "slēpan" (sleep), but the headword is "slipshod" — a compound of "slip" + "shod" (past tense of shoe). The chain given doesn't account for the "shod" element, and mixing "slip" etymology with a word about careless dress seems inconsistent.
However, following the rules strictly with only what the chain supports, I cannot write an accurate origin sentence for "slipshod" because the chain doesn't explain that word. The chain explains "slip" or "sleep," not "slipshod."
Could you clarify: Is the headword "slip" (not "slipshod"), or is there a different etymological chain for "slipshod"?
slipshod (English): Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash; Wearing...
Definitions
- Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash; Wearing...
Ancestry of “slipshod”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | shod | Wearing shoes; Having tires equipped; simple past... |
| 2 | Middle English | shoed | — |
| 3 | Middle English | shon | To shoe; to insert shoes onto feet; To insert... |
| 4 | Czech | sehnat | — |
| 5 | Czech | hnát | to drive; to chase; to drive, propel, power |
| 6 | Old Czech | hnáti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | gъnati | to chase, to persecute |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | gúntei | to chase |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰénti | to be striking down, killing, slaying |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |
Words derived from “slipshod”