Where does “drumfire” come from?

drumfire (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,...

drumfire (English): Heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire

Definitions

  1. Heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire

Ancestry of “drumfire”, step by step

drumfire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English drum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdrumA percussive musical instrument spanned with a...
2EnglishdrumsladeA drum; A drummer
3Middle Dutchtrommelslachdrumbeat
4Middle Dutchslachbeat
5Old Dutchslagsetback, misfortune
6Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
7Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
8Low Germanslagge
9Middle Low Germanslagge
10Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
11Old Saxonslāhanto hit
12Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
13Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
14Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via English fire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfireA chemical reaction involving the bonding of...
2Middle EnglishfierAlternative form of figer
3Old Englishfȳrfire
4Old EnglishfeorAlternative form of feorr; far
5Proto-Germanicferraifar, distant
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-nóy
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak-