Where does “humplich” come from?

humplich (Plautdietsch) comes from German humpel, from Middle Low German hump, from Old Saxon hump, from Proto-Germanic humpaz, from Proto-Indo-European kumb- — curved.

humplich (Plautdietsch): bumpy

Definitions

  1. bumpy

Ancestry of “humplich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhumpelinflection of humpeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle Low Germanhumpheap, hill, stump; heap, hump
3Old Saxonhumphill, heap, thick piece
4Proto-Germanichumpazhip, height; hump
5Proto-Indo-Europeankumb-curved
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kumb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic humpaz →Every word from Old Saxon hump →