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English word origin

Etymology of Kump

* As a German surname for a bowl maker, from Middle Low German kump (“wooden bowl”), from Old Saxon *kumba, from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz. Variants of this derivation are found in Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia. * Also as

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name

A surname.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

* As a German surname for a bowl maker, from Middle Low German kump (“wooden bowl”), from Old Saxon *kumba, from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz. Variants of this derivation are found in Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia. * Also as a German surname, Americanized from Kumpf.

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  • Derivation mentionkumpgml · wooden bowl
  • Derivation mention*kumbaosx
  • Derivation mention*kumbazgem-pro
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Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

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