Where does “fläskläpp” come from?
fläskläpp (Swedish) comes from Swedish läpp, from Old Swedish lapper, from Finnish lappalainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
fläskläpp (Swedish): fat lip (as from a blow)
Definitions
- fat lip (as from a blow)
Ancestry of “fläskläpp”, step by step
fläskläpp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish läpp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | läpp | lip |
| 2 | Old Swedish | lapper | — |
| 3 | Finnish | lappalainen | A Sami |
| 4 | Finnish | -läinen | Front vowel variant of -lainen |
| 5 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 6 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 7 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 8 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 10 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 11 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 12 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 13 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 14 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |