Where does “drummingly” come from?
drummingly (English) comes from English drumming, 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 — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
drummingly (English): With a drumming sound; with rhythmic insistence
Definitions
- With a drumming sound; with rhythmic insistence
Ancestry of “drummingly”, step by step
drummingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English drumming
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | drumming | The act of beating a drum; A noise resembling... |
| 2 | English | drum | A percussive musical instrument spanned with a... |
| 3 | English | drumslade | A drum; A drummer |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | trommelslach | drumbeat |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | slach | beat |
| 6 | Old Dutch | slag | setback, misfortune |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 8 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 9 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 12 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |