Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stumpaz

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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 *stapjaną (“to step”) and from its same ultimate source.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstum.pɑz/

Noun

*stumpaz m

1. stump

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

• Old Saxon: stump
  • Middle Low German: stumpe
    • German Low German: Stump
    • → Middle English: stumpe, stompe
      • English: stump
• Old Dutch: *stump
  • Middle Dutch: stomp
    • Dutch: stomp
• Old High German: stumph
  • Middle High German: stumph, stumpf
    • German: Stumpf
    • Luxembourgish: Stomp
• Old Norse: stumpr
  • Icelandic: stumpur
  • Norwegian: stump
  • Old Swedish: stumper, stomper
    • Swedish: stump

References

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