Where does “tumppi” come from?
tumppi (Finnish) comes from Swedish stump, from Old Swedish stumper, from Old Norse stumpr, from Proto-Germanic stumpaz — stump.
tumppi (Finnish): butt
Ancestry of “tumppi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stump | stump; something which has been cut off or... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | stumper | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | stumpr | stump |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stumpaz | stump |