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 →Every word from Old High German stumpf →Every word from Middle High German stumpf →