Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “stump” come from?

stump (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon *stump, from Proto-West Germanic *stump, from Proto-Germanic stumpaz — stump.

stump (Middle Low German): stump

Definitions

  1. stump

Ancestry of “stump”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon*stump—
2Proto-West Germanic*stump—
3Proto-Germanicstumpazstump

Words derived from “stump”

  • stump
  • stump
Every word from Proto-Germanic stumpaz →