Where does “dimmen” come from?

dimmen (Dutch) comes from English Dim, from Middle English dim, from Old English dim, from Old English dimm, from Proto-Germanic dimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰem- — to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure.

dimmen (Dutch): to dim, to make darker; to tone down oneself, to...

Definitions

  1. to dim, to make darker; to tone down oneself, to...

Ancestry of “dimmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDim(from Bashkir Дим)
2Middle Englishdim
3Old Englishdim
4Old Englishdimmdim
5Proto-Germanicdimmazdark; gloomy
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰem-to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure

Words derived from “dimmen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰem-Every word from Proto-Germanic dimmazEvery word from Old English dimm