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Where does “somp” come from?
somp (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic *sump.
Ancestry of “somp”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
*sump
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Words derived from “somp”
sump
sumpy
zomp
sompe
sumplike
sumpless
sumpman
sumpweed
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