The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*sumpaz
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*sump
- Old Saxon · derived from*sump
- Middle Low German · derived fromsump
- Middle Dutch · derived fromsomp
- Middle English · inherited fromsompe
- English todaysump
From Middle English sompe, either from Middle Dutch somp, sump or Middle Low German sump from Old Saxon *sump, from Proto-West Germanic *sump, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. Doublet of swamp.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishsompe all →
swamp
Middle Dutchsomp all →
swamp
Middle Low Germansump all →
swamp
Old Saxon*sump all →
swamp
Proto-West Germanic*sump all →
swamp
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.