Where does “schlopmetzich” come from?

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

schlopmetzich (Plautdietsch): sloppy, careless

Definitions

  1. sloppy, careless

Ancestry of “schlopmetzich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschSchlopmetzsleepyhead
2PlautdietschSchlopsleep, slumber
3Middle Low Germanslap—
4Old Saxonslapsleep
5Proto-West Germanicslāpsleep
6Proto-Germanicslēpazsleep
Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slāp →Every word from Old Saxon slap →