Where does “sump” come from?

sump (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German sump, from Old Saxon sump, from Proto-Germanic sumpaz — fungus, sponge; swamp, marsh.

sump (Swedish): a corf, a container for keeping live fish

Definitions

  1. a corf, a container for keeping live fish

Ancestry of “sump”, step by step

sump traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German sump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansumpmarsh, swamp
2Old Saxonsumpswamp, marsh
3Proto-Germanicsumpazfungus, sponge; swamp, marsh

via German Sumpf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSumpfswamp, marsh; sump

Words derived from “sump”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sumpaz →