collop

The story

1. Old Swedish · derived fromkollops“slices of beef stew”
2. Swedish · derived fromkalops“stewed meat”
3. English todaycollop

Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from Swedish kalops (“stewed meat”), from Old Swedish kollops (“slices of beef stew”). Cognate to German Klops (“dish of meat made tender by beating”).

Words from the same roots