An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/sackerlot

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
sackerlot
Friedrich Kluge2509465An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — sackerlot1891John Francis Davis

sackerlot, interj., ‘zounds!’ late ModHG., remodelled from Fr. sacré nom de Dieu; also corrupted into sapperlot. Sackerment (sapperment), from sacramentum, signifies ‘body of Christ.’