Where does “drumdried” come from?
drumdried (English) comes from English drum, from English drumslade, from Middle Dutch trommelslach, from Middle Dutch slach, from Old Dutch slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg, from Low German slagge — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
drumdried (English): Dried in a drum drying process
Definitions
- Dried in a drum drying process
Ancestry of “drumdried”, step by step
drumdried traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English drum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | drum | A percussive musical instrument spanned with a... |
| 2 | English | drumslade | A drum; A drummer |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | trommelslach | drumbeat |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | slach | beat |
| 5 | Old Dutch | slag | setback, misfortune |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 7 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 8 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 9 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 11 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via English dried
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dried | Without water or moisture, said of something that... |