Where does “rump” come from?

rump (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic rumpō — trunk of a tree, log.

rump (Middle Low German): the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree

Definitions

  1. the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree

Ancestry of “rump”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrumpōtrunk of a tree, log

Words derived from “rump”

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