Where does “Trümmersprache” come from?

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

Trümmersprache (German): An extinct language which is attested only in a...

Definitions

  1. An extinct language which is attested only in a...

Ancestry of “Trümmersprache”, step by step

Trümmersprache traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Trümmer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTrümmerruins, debris, wreckage, remains, fragments;...
2GermanTrummwhopper something extremely or unusually large
3Germantrommelinflection of trommeln: ## first-person singular...
4Middle High Germantrummel—
5Old High Germantrumme—

via German sprāche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprāchelanguage body of words, and set of methods of combining them
2Middle High Germansprāche—
3Old High Germansprāhha—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Old High German trumme →Every word from Middle High German trummel →Every word from German trommel →