English

kickdrum

From kick + drum.

A compound of kick + drum

Proto-Germanic *kaikaz ‘bent backwards’

Old Norse kikna ‘to sink at the knees’

Middle English kyken ‘to strike out with the foot’

English kick

English drumslade ‘drummer’

English drum

Today it means

noun A bass drum played using a foot pedal.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / kickdrum