Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone. · Any similar hollow, cylindrical object. · A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage. · Synonym of construction barrel.
Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag). Or perhaps borrowed directly from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”) et al. Compare also Middle High German trumme, trumbe (“drum”), Old High German trumba (“trumpet”). Compare Ancient Greek τῠ́μπᾰνον (tŭ́mpănon, “kettledrum”) whence Modern English timbre.
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