Where does “Trümmerlandschaft” come from?
Trümmerlandschaft (German) comes from German Trümmer, from German Trumm, from German trommel, from Middle High German trummel, from Old High German trumme.
Trümmerlandschaft (German): devastated landscape an area full of debris
Definitions
- devastated landscape an area full of debris
Ancestry of “Trümmerlandschaft”, step by step
Trümmerlandschaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Trümmer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Trümmer | ruins, debris, wreckage, remains, fragments;... |
| 2 | German | Trumm | whopper something extremely or unusually large |
| 3 | German | trommel | inflection of trommeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | Middle High German | trummel | — |
| 5 | Old High German | trumme | — |
via German Landschaft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Landschaft | landscape |
| 2 | Middle High German | lantschaft | — |
| 3 | Old High German | lantskaf | landscape |