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

  1. kettledrum, one of the timpani

Ancestry of “páka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishpaukekettledrum
2Germanpaukeinflection of pauken: ## first-person singular...
3Middle High Germanpūke—
Every word from Middle High German pūke →Every word from German pauke →Every word from Danish pauke →
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