Where does “rumpa” come from?

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

rumpa (Old Swedish): tail

Definitions

  1. tail

Ancestry of “rumpa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserumprrump
2Middle Low Germanrumpthe bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree
3Proto-Germanicrumpōtrunk of a tree, log

Words derived from “rumpa”

Every word from Proto-Germanic rumpō →Every word from Middle Low German rump →Every word from Old Norse rumpr →