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 ?
köken: Uncertain. Federico Corriente considers the Andalusian Arabic حَطْرَجْ (ḥaṭraj, “foolish”) that appears in Vocabulista in Arabico and that comes from the known root ه ت ر (h t r) (the same as مُهْتَر (muhtar, “disordered in his intellect”) in Lane’s lexicon).
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”).
a patch, a piece of any flexible material, used to cover a hole in something; such as a piece of fabric used over a hole in a piece of clothing · a small piece of paper; a slip, a note; often used as slang for körkort (driver's licence)
çekim: çoğul lappar · tamlayan lapps
köken: From Old Norse leppr, from Proto-Germanic *lappaz, *lappô (“rag, cloth”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). Compare Icelandic leppur, Danish lap, Middle Dutch lappe, Old High German lappa, German Lappen (“patch”), Lithuanian lopas (“patch, piece”) and Latvian lupata (“rag, cloth”).
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)”)).