Where does “drumsticks” come from?

Drumsticks derives from English stick and Middle Dutch trommelslach, combining Middle Dutch trommel with Proto-Germanic slagiz, meaning to strike.

drumsticks (English): plural of drumstick

Definitions

  1. plural of drumstick

Ancestry of “drumsticks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdrumstickA stick used to play drums; The second joint of...
2EnglishdrumA percussive musical instrument spanned with a...
3EnglishdrumsladeA drum; A drummer
4Middle Dutchtrommelslachdrumbeat
5Middle Dutchslachbeat
6Old Dutchslagsetback, misfortune
7Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
8Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
9Low Germanslagge
10Middle Low Germanslagge
11Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
12Old Saxonslāhanto hit
13Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
14Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
15Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak-