An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Rumpf

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Rumpf

rümpfen

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Rumpf.

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2633060An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R — RumpfJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Rumpf, masculine, ‘trunk, body,’ from the equivalent Middle High German (Middle German) rumph, masculine; in Upper German and Middle German botech, Old High German botah (Anglo-Saxon bodig, English body). Compare Low German rump, Dutch romp, ‘trunk,’ Middle English rumpe, English rump, Scandinavian rumpr, ‘rump.’ Allied to rümpfen?.