Where does “Stomp” come from?

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

Stomp (Luxembourgish): stump

Definitions

  1. stump

Ancestry of “Stomp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstumphstump
2Proto-West Germanic*stumpblunt, not sharp
3Proto-Germanicstumpazstump
Every word from Proto-Germanic stumpaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stump →Every word from Old High German stumph →