Where does “Paukenschlag” come from?

Paukenschlag (German) comes from German Schlag, from Middle High German slac, from Old High German slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg, from Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slān — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Paukenschlag (German): drumbeat

Definitions

  1. drumbeat

Ancestry of “Paukenschlag”, step by step

Paukenschlag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schlag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchlagblow, hit; beat
2Middle High Germanslac—
3Old High Germanslag—
4Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
5Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
6Low Germanslagge—
7Middle Low Germanslagge—
8Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
9Old Saxonslāhanto hit
10Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
11Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
12Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via German pauke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpaukeinflection of pauken: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanpūke—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slahan →