Where does “drumless” come from?

drumless (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,...

drumless (English): Without a drum

Definitions

  1. Without a drum

Ancestry of “drumless”, step by step

drumless 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 less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus—
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