Etymograph

English

Scotch collops

From Scotch (“of Scotland”) + collop (“slice of meat”).

A compound of Scotch ‘of Scotland’ + collop ‘slice of meat’

Old French coche ‘notch’

Middle English scocchen ‘to cut’

English Scotch

Old Swedish kollops ‘slices of beef stew’

Swedish kalops ‘stewed meat’

English collop

The story

Attested from the 17th century.

Today it means

noun Thin slices of meat pounded flat, often fried.

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

Etymograph / Scotch collops