Where does “sompe” come from?

sompe (Middle English) comes from Middle Low German sump, from Old Saxon sump, from Proto-Germanic sumpaz — fungus, sponge; swamp, marsh.

sompe (Middle English): marsh, morass

Definitions

  1. marsh, morass

Ancestry of “sompe”, step by step

sompe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German sump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansumpmarsh, swamp
2Old Saxonsumpswamp, marsh
3Proto-Germanicsumpazfungus, sponge; swamp, marsh

via Middle Dutch somp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsomp—

Words derived from “sompe”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sumpaz →Every word from Old Saxon sump →Every word from Middle Low German sump →