The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*limpaną“to glide, go, hang loosely”
- Middle English · inherited fromlumpe
- English todaylump
From Middle English lumpe, from a Germanic base akin to Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to glide, go, hang loosely”). Compare Dutch lomp (“rag”), German Low German Lump (“rag”), German Lumpen (“rag”) and Lump (“ragamuffin”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.