Where does “stump” come from?
stump (Middle High German) comes from Old High German stumph, from Proto-West Germanic *stump, from Proto-Germanic stumpaz — stump.
Ancestry of “stump”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | stumph | stump |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *stump | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | stumpaz | stump |
Words derived from “stump”