From Middle English tumblen, frequentative of Middle English tumben, from Old English tumbian, from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną. Cognate with Middle Dutch tumelen (whence Dutch tuimelen); Middle Low German tumelen, tummelen; and German taumeln.
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