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Where does “dompen” come from?

dompen (Middle English) comes from Old Norse dumpa — to thump.

Ancestry of “dompen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedumpato thump

Words derived from “dompen”

  • dump
  • dumping
  • antidumping
  • dumper
  • dumpsite
  • dumpish
  • dumpee
  • minidump
  • dumpishness
  • dumpcart
  • dumpage
  • undumpish
  • Dumpsville
  • ashdump
  • megadump
  • cumdump
  • crashdump
  • dumpishly
  • info-dump
  • antidumping
  • dumping
  • демпинг
  • domper
  • dumping
Every word from Old Norse dumpa →