Where does “dwergchimpansee” come from?

dwergchimpansee (Dutch) comes from Dutch dwerg, from Middle Dutch dwerch, from Old Dutch dwerg, from Proto-Germanic dwergaz — dwarf.

dwergchimpansee (Dutch): pygmy chimpanzee, bonobo

Definitions

  1. pygmy chimpanzee, bonobo

Ancestry of “dwergchimpansee”, step by step

dwergchimpansee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch dwerg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdwergdwarf
2Middle Dutchdwerch—
3Old Dutchdwerg—
4Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf

via Dutch chimpansee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchchimpanseechimpanzee, member of the genus "Pan"
2Frenchchimpanzéchimpanzee
Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →Every word from Old Dutch dwerg →Every word from Middle Dutch dwerch →