Where does “fusklapp” come from?

fusklapp (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,...

fusklapp (Swedish): a (usually disallowed) cheat sheet

Definitions

  1. a (usually disallowed) cheat sheet

Ancestry of “fusklapp”, step by step

fusklapp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish läpp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishläpplip
2Old Swedishlapper
3FinnishlappalainenA Sami
4Finnish-läinenFront vowel variant of -lainen
5Finnishlajikind, sort; species; sport
6Old Swedishslagh
7Middle Low Germanslach
8Old Saxonslag
9Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
10Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
11Low Germanslagge
12Middle Low Germanslagge
13Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
14Old Saxonslāhanto hit
15Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
16Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
17Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Swedish fuska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfuskacheat
2Germanpfuschento work unprofessionally; to botch; to cheat; to...
3Germanfutschdown the drain, gone, away
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak-