Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stumpaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Related to *stimbaną (“to stamp, cut off, mutilate”) and *stapjaną (“to step”) and from its same ultimate source.[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstum.pɑz/

Noun

*stumpaz m

stump
Synonyms: *stōmnô, *strumpaz, *strunkaz, *stubbaz

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *stumpaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stumpaz	stumpōz, stumpōs
vocative	*stump	stumpōz, stumpōs
accusative	*stumpą	*stumpanz
genitive	stumpas, stumpis	*stumpǫ̂
dative	*stumpai	*stumpamaz
instrumental	*stumpō	*stumpamiz

Related terms

*stubbaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *stump
- Old Frisian: *stump
  - Saterland Frisian: Stump
  - West Frisian: stomp
- Old Saxon: *stump
  - Middle Low German: stump
    - German Low German: Stump
    - → Middle English: stumpe, stompe
      - English: stump
      - Scots: stump, stomp
    - → Old Norse: stumpr
      - Icelandic: stumpur
      - Norwegian: stump
      - Old Swedish: stumper, stomper
        Swedish: stump
- Old Dutch: *stump
  - Middle Dutch: stomp
    - Dutch: stomp
- Old High German: stumph
  - Middle High German: stumph, stumpf
    - German: Stumpf
    - Luxembourgish: Stomp

References

van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “stomp”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Friedrich Kluge (1883) “stumpf”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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[1] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “stomp”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

[2] Friedrich Kluge (1883) “stumpf”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891