Etymograph

English

Schleswiger

Schleswiger comes from German Schleswig, and goes back to Danish Slesvig.

  1. DanishmodernSlesvigliterally ‘inlet of the Schlei’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentSchleswig
  3. German, derivedc. 1650–presentSchleswiger
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1979same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. DanishmodernSlesvigliterally ‘inlet of the Schlei’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentSchleswig
  3. German, derivedc. 1650–presentSchleswiger
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1979same form

Earliest quotation: 1979, Elise Amalie Tvede Wærenskjold: “There I met another German, or rather a Schleswiger,…”

Formed from Schleswig + -er

Danish Slesvig

German Schleswig

English Schleswig

Every English word from Danish Slesvig

Today it means

noun A native or inhabitant of Schleswig, the northern half of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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