Where does “kettledrummer” come from?
kettledrummer (English) comes from English kettledrum, 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,...
kettledrummer (English): A musician who plays the kettledrum
Definitions
- A musician who plays the kettledrum
Ancestry of “kettledrummer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | kettledrum | A large hemispherical brass percussion instrument... |
| 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 | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 8 | Swedish | slagg | — |
| 9 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 12 | Old Saxon | slāhan | — |
| 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,... |