Where does “rumpa” come from?

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

rumpa (Swedish): a butt, a backside, a rump

Definitions

  1. a butt, a backside, a rump

Ancestry of “rumpa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishrumpatail
2Old Norserumprrump
3Middle Low Germanrumpthe bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree
4Proto-Germanicrumpōtrunk of a tree, log

Words derived from “rumpa”

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