Where does “slasktratt” come from?
slasktratt (Swedish) comes from Swedish tratt, from Middle Low German trechtäre, from Old Saxon trahtari, from Proto-Germanic *trahtārī, from Latin tractārius, from Latin traiectorium, from Latin trāiciō, from Latin trāditiō — shoe.
slasktratt (Swedish): a sink intended as the main sink for discharging wastewater, often with a large perforated outlet (in a double bowl kitchen sink)
Definitions
- a sink intended as the main sink for discharging wastewater, often with a large perforated outlet (in a double bowl kitchen sink)
Ancestry of “slasktratt”, step by step
slasktratt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tratt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tratt | funnel; a vessel |
| 2 | Middle Low German | trechtäre | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | trahtari | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *trahtārī | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractārius | — |
| 6 | Latin | traiectorium | funnel |
| 7 | Latin | trāiciō | to throw, cast or hurl across or over |
| 8 | Latin | trāditiō | a surrender, delivering up |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
via Swedish slask
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | slask | slush (especially half-melted snow or ice (mixed with dirt)) |