Etymograph

English

scrumpy

From scrump + -y.

A compound of scrump + -y

Middle Low German schrimpen ‘to shrivel up, shrink’

English scrump

The story

Possibly related to scrumptious via roots referring to little amounts.

Today it means

noun A rough cider, normally more alcoholic than usual, and typically produced through natural fermentation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / scrumpy