Where does “negerläpp” come from?
negerläpp (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,...
negerläpp (Swedish): niggerlips
Definitions
- niggerlips
Ancestry of “negerläpp”, step by step
negerläpp 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,... |
via Swedish neger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | neger | a negro, a black person |
| 2 | German | neger | broke, bankrupt |
| 3 | German | Näher | sewer |
| 4 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 5 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 8 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |