Where does “Schlopmetz” come from?

Schlopmetz (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Schlop, from Middle Low German slap, from Old Saxon slap, from Proto-West Germanic slāp, from Proto-Germanic slēpaz — sleep.

Schlopmetz (Plautdietsch): sleepyhead

Definitions

  1. sleepyhead

Ancestry of “Schlopmetz”, step by step

Schlopmetz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Schlop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschSchlopsleep, slumber
2Middle Low Germanslap—
3Old Saxonslapsleep
4Proto-West Germanicslāpsleep
5Proto-Germanicslēpazsleep

via Plautdietsch Metz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschMetz—

Words derived from “Schlopmetz”

Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slāp →Every word from Old Saxon slap →