Where does “gatestump” come from?

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

gatestump (Norwegian Nynorsk): a little, short street

Definitions

  1. a little, short street

Ancestry of “gatestump”, step by step

gatestump traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk stump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskstumpa stub, stump, bit, fragment, piece, butt;...
2Middle Low Germanstumpstump
3Old Saxon*stump—
4Proto-West Germanic*stumpblunt, not sharp
5Proto-Germanicstumpazstump

via Norwegian Nynorsk gåte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskgåteriddle, enigma, conundrum; mystery
2Old Norsegátariddle
3Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—
Every word from Proto-Germanic stumpaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stump →Every word from Old Saxon *stump →