köken: From Middle High German lappe, from Old High German lappo, from Proto-West Germanic *lappā (“cloth, rag, lobe”) of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). The form is remarkable because of the unshifted geminate -pp- (instead of expected Old High German *lapfo). Based on the supposedly invariable nature of the consonant shift, lappo would have to be an originally…
aile: durch die Lappen gehen, Lappengröße, Lappenstoff, Lappenzaun, Lappenzelt, Lappjagd
köken: From Middle French brosse, from Old French broce, brosse, broisse (“brushwood, brush”), of unknown origin. Probably cognate with Catalan brossa and possibly with various other Romance words. Theories include: * From Vulgar Latin *broccia, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos (“heather”). * From Vulgar Latin *bruscia, itself from Latin brūscum (“knot, excrescence on a tree”), or Proto-Germanic *bruskaz…
aile: brossage, brosse à cheveux, brosse à dents, brosse à ongles, brosse à reluire, brosse de toilettes, brosser, brosseur, brossier, en brosse
Haha! Tu t'es fait une brosse, tu t'es cru en 1982 ou quoi ?
a skint, chronically poor person behaving as such, having cheap manners, needy · a petty person · an impudent / insolent fellow; a person displaying exceptionally low morals or lacking in ethics
çekim: çoğul cındırlar · tamlayan cındırın
köken: Possibly a shortening from the original nominalizing reduplication of cırmaq (“to tear, tear apart”) - cır-cındır (“rags, rags and tatters”). Compare Turkish çındır (“sinewy piece of meat”).
cloth, fabric, textile (woven fabric) · material (cloth to be made into a garment)
çekim: çoğul kankaat · tamlayan kankaan
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kangas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (compare Danish gang (“forty warp threads”), Middle High German ganc (“warp count (in weaving)”), Middle Low German ganc (“warp count (in weaving)”)).
köken: From Old Danish klæthæ, from Old Norse klæði, borrowed from Old Frisian klāth, klēth or Old English clāþ, clǣþ, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþą (“garment”). Cognate with English cloth and German Kleid.