Where does “sludgecore” come from?
sludgecore (English) comes from English Core, from English -core, from English hardcore, from English hard, from Old French hardi, from Old French hardir, from Frankish hardijan, from Proto-Germanic hardijaną — to travel, tour.
sludgecore (English): A genre of music, sludge metal
Definitions
- A genre of music, sludge metal
Ancestry of “sludgecore”, step by step
sludgecore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Core
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Core | The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and the wife of Hades |
| 2 | English | -core | Applied to various genres of music and... |
| 3 | English | hardcore | Having an extreme dedication to a certain... |
| 4 | English | hard | Having a severe property; presenting difficulty;... |
| 5 | Old French | hardi | hardy; tough; durable |
| 6 | Old French | hardir | to harden |
| 7 | Frankish | hardijan | to harden, to make hard |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hardijaną | to make hard, strong; to harden |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | harduz | hard; brave |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |