Where does “Trümmer” come from?

Trümmer (German) comes from German Trumm, from German trommel, from Middle High German trummel, from Old High German trumme.

Trümmer (German): ruins, debris, wreckage, remains, fragments;...

Definitions

  1. ruins, debris, wreckage, remains, fragments;...

Ancestry of “Trümmer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTrummwhopper something extremely or unusually large
2Germantrommelinflection of trommeln: ## first-person singular...
3Middle High Germantrummel—
4Old High Germantrumme—

Words derived from “Trümmer”

Every word from Old High German trumme →Every word from Middle High German trummel →Every word from German trommel →