Where does “deemster” come from?

deemster (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch deemster, from Old Dutch thimster, from Proto-West Germanic þimstr, from Proto-Germanic þimstraz, from Proto-Indo-European témH-s-ro-s, from Proto-Indo-European temH- — dark.

deemster (Dutch): twilight

Definitions

  1. twilight

Ancestry of “deemster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchdeemsterdark
2Old Dutchthimster—
3Proto-West Germanicþimstrdark, dusky
4Proto-Germanicþimstraz—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantémH-s-ro-s—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeantemH-dark
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European témH-s-ro-s →Every word from Proto-Germanic þimstraz →