Where does “Stumpen” come from?

Stumpen (German) comes from Middle Low German stump, from Old Saxon *stump, from Proto-West Germanic *stump, from Proto-Germanic stumpaz — stump.

Stumpen (German): stump, stub

Definitions

  1. stump, stub

Ancestry of “Stumpen”, step by step

Stumpen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German stump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstumpstump
2Old Saxon*stump—
3Proto-West Germanic*stumpblunt, not sharp
4Proto-Germanicstumpazstump

via Middle High German stumbel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstumbel—
2Germanstumbal—

via Middle High German stumpe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstumpe—
Every word from Proto-Germanic stumpaz →
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