Where does “rump” come from?

Rump comes from Middle English rumpe, from Old Norse rumpr, from Middle Low German rump, from Proto-Germanic rumpō.

rump (English): The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not...

Definitions

  1. The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not...

Ancestry of “rump”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishrumpe—
2Old Norserumprrump
3Middle Low Germanrumpthe bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree
4Proto-Germanicrumpōtrunk of a tree, log

Words derived from “rump”

Every word from Proto-Germanic rumpō →Every word from Middle Low German rump →Every word from Old Norse rumpr →