Where does “Trommelralle” come from?

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

Trommelralle (German): invisible rail

Definitions

  1. invisible rail

Ancestry of “Trommelralle”, step by step

Trommelralle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German trommel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantrommelinflection of trommeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germantrummel—
3Old High Germantrumme—

via German Ralle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRallerail, crake
Every word from Old High German trumme →Every word from Middle High German trummel →Every word from German trommel →