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Where does “trommel” come from?

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

trommel (Norwegian Bokmål): a drum

Definitions

  1. a drum

Ancestry of “trommel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “trommel”

  • tørketrommel
Every word from Old High German trumme →