Etymology

shrump

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Today it means: To shrink, shrivel. Full definition →

Low German schrumpen ← Middle Low German *schrumpen ← Proto-West Germanic *skrimpan
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shrump · verb1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*skrimpan
  2. Middle Low German · derived from*schrumpen
  3. Low German · borrowed fromschrumpen
  4. English todayshrump

From Low German schrumpen, from Middle Low German *schrumpen (attested in Middle Low German vorschrumpen, vörschrumpen (“to shrivel, wrinkle”)), ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *skrimpan. Related to German schrumpfen (“to shrivel, shrink”), Danish skrumpe (“to shrink”). Related to English shrimp.

shrump · noun2

Blend of mushroom + hump.

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