Where does “lodder” come from?

lodder (Pennsylvania German) comes from Swedish lotter, from Old High German lotar, from Proto-Germanic ludraz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lew- — to sludge, to wash; loose, limp, flabby; limp,...

lodder (Pennsylvania German): loose

Definitions

  1. loose

Ancestry of “lodder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlotter
2Old High Germanlotarsenseless, useless, vain, void, insignificant, careless, flippant, frivolous
3Proto-Germanicludrazvain; useless; worthless; bad
4Proto-Indo-European(s)lew-to sludge, to wash; loose, limp, flabby; limp,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ludraz →Every word from Old High German lotar →
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