Where does “stumpf” come from?

stumpf (German) comes from Middle High German stumpf, from Old High German stumpf, from Proto-Germanic stumpaz — stump.

stumpf (German): dull, blunt; flat

Definitions

  1. dull, blunt; flat

Ancestry of “stumpf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstumpf
2Old High Germanstumpf
3Proto-Germanicstumpazstump

Words derived from “stumpf

Every word from Proto-Germanic stumpaz
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