Where does “Stumpf” come from?

Stumpf (German) comes from Middle High German stump, from Old High German stumph, from Proto-West Germanic *stump, from Proto-Germanic stumpaz — stump.

Stumpf (German): stump, stub

Definitions

  1. stump, stub

Ancestry of “Stumpf”, step by step

Stumpf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German stump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstump—
2Old High Germanstumphstump
3Proto-West Germanic*stumpblunt, not sharp
4Proto-Germanicstumpazstump

via Middle High German stumpf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstumpf—
2Old High Germanstumpf—
Every word from Proto-Germanic stumpaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stump →Every word from Old High German stumph →