This appears to be strictly a Germanic word. Both a noun and a verb. It means move with a rolling, thunderous sound. Think also of rumble seat, so called because it was directly over the wheels and that is where it was felt the most. But the I was thinking about the number of words that rhyme with rumble and carry the same sense: stumble, mumble, rumble, crumble, bumble, fumble.
Isn’t there a word for groups of words like that? Slush, mush, flush, gush…
Rumble
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Re: Rumble
Well, I still haven't got a word for what the grouping would be called, but here's an idea from etymonline for this word's sound:
Similar words in Scandinavian and North Sea Germanic (Swedish fumla; Dutch fommelen) suggest onomatopoeia from a sound felt to indicate clumsiness
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