Where does “kettledrum” come from?

kettledrum (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,...

kettledrum (English): A large hemispherical brass percussion instrument...

Definitions

  1. A large hemispherical brass percussion instrument...

Ancestry of “kettledrum”, step by step

kettledrum 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 kettle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkettleA vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food,...
2Middle EnglishketelA pot used to boil food in; a kettle
3Old Englishċietelkettle, cauldron
4Proto-West Germanic*katilkettle
5Proto-Germanickatilazkettle, bucket, vessel
6Latincatīllussmall bowl, dish, or plate
7Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “kettledrum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slahan →