English word origin

Etymology of tump

Compare Welsh twmp, twm; also Sicilian timpa.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

noun

A mound or hillock.

verb

To form a mass of earth or a hillock around.

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

Compare Welsh twmp, twm; also Sicilian timpa.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Derivation mentiontwmpcy
Cognate mentiontimpascn

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

verb

to bump, knock (usually used with "over") · To fall over. · To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.

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

Possibly from tumpoke, or possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump".

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗

noun

A tumpline.

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

Apheresis of mattump, metump, possibly from a Penobscot descendant of Proto-Algonquian *wetempi (“head”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Cognate mention*wetempialg-pro

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