Where does “dumping” come from?

dumping (Finnish) comes from English dumping, from English dump, from Middle English dumpen, from Old Norse dumpa — to thump.

dumping (Finnish): dumping selling goods at less than their normal price

Definitions

  1. dumping selling goods at less than their normal price

Ancestry of “dumping”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdumpingpresent participle of dump; The disposal of...
2EnglishdumpA place where waste or garbage is left; a ground...
3Middle Englishdumpen
4Old Norsedumpato thump
Every word from Old Norse dumpa