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Where does “strumpf” come from?

strumpf (German) comes from Middle High German strumpf, from Old High German *strumpf, from Proto-Germanic strumpaz — stem, stalk.

Ancestry of “strumpf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstrumpf—
2Old High German*strumpf—
3Proto-Germanicstrumpazstem, stalk
Every word from Proto-Germanic strumpaz →