slatter

slatter · verb¹

1. Old Norse · derived fromsletta“to slap, dash”
2. Old English · inherited fromslǣtan“to sic”
3. Middle English · inherited fromsclatten
4. English todayslatter

From English dialectal slat (“to throw or dash about”), from Middle English sclatten, skleatten (“to flap”), from Old English slǣtan (“to sic”) and/or Old Norse sletta (“to slap, dash”) + -er.

Slatter · proper noun²

Variant of Slater.