Where does “páka” come from?
páka (Icelandic) comes from Danish pauke, from German pauke, from Middle High German pūke.
páka (Icelandic): kettledrum, one of the timpani
Definitions
- kettledrum, one of the timpani
Ancestry of “páka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | pauke | kettledrum |
| 2 | German | pauke | inflection of pauken:
## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | pūke | — |