*sumpaz

Runic: ᛊᚢᛗᛈᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈsum.pɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

fungus, sponge
swamp, marsh

Etymology

Compare *swammaz (‘sponge, fungus’); both along with the variant *swambaz may derive from an earlier n-stem *swambô (Nom.sg.) ~ *sumppaz (Gen.sg.). It is unclear whether both words are of Indo-European origin or wanderworts.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	sumpaz	sumpōz, sumpōs
Acc.	sumpą	sumpanz
Gen.	sumpas, sumpis	sumpǫ̂
Dat.	sumpai	sumpamaz
Inst.	sumpō	sumpamiz
Voc.	sump	sumpōz, sumpōs

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Descendants

*sump (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sump (Old Dutch)
  - sump, somp (Middle Dutch)
    - zomp (Dutch)
*sump (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sump (Old Dutch)
  - sump, somp (Middle Dutch)
    - ?, sompe, swamp (Middle English)
      - sump, swamp (English)
*sump (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sump (Old English)
  - sumpe (Middle English)
*sump (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sump (Old Frisian)
  - Sump (Saterland Frisian)
  - sompe, somp (West Frisian)
*sump (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sumpf (Old High German)
  - sumpf (Middle High German)
    - žumpa (Czech)
    - żąp (Polish)
*sump (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sumpf (Old High German)
  - sumpf (Middle High German)
    - Sumpf (German)
      - zsombék (Hungarian)
*sump (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sumpf (Old High German)
  - sumpf (Middle High German)
    - Sumpf (German)
      - sump (Swedish)
        
        sumppu (Finnish)
*sump (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sump (Old Saxon)
  - sump (Middle Low German)
    - Sump (German Low German)
    - sump (Norwegian)
    - Somp (Plautdietsch)
? (Old Norse)
soppr (Old Norse)

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