Where does “Trommelwirbel” come from?

Trommelwirbel (German) comes from German Wirbel, from Middle High German wirbel, from Old High German wirbil, from Proto-Germanic hwirbilaz, from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Trommelwirbel (German): drumroll

Definitions

  1. drumroll

Ancestry of “Trommelwirbel”, step by step

Trommelwirbel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wirbel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWirbelwhirl; whorl; vortex
2Middle High Germanwirbel—
3Old High Germanwirbil—
4Proto-Germanichwirbilazcircle, ring, whirl
5Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via German trommel

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

Words derived from “Trommelwirbel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ilaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwirbilaz →