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Where does “lattenstramm” come from?

lattenstramm (German) comes from German latte, from Middle High German Latte, from Old High German lazza, from Proto-West Germanic *lattu.

lattenstramm (German): Very drunk

Definitions

  1. Very drunk

Ancestry of “lattenstramm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlatte—
2Middle High GermanLatte—
3Old High Germanlazza—
4Proto-West Germanic*lattu—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lattu →