Where does “dwell” come from?
Dwell comes from Middle English dwellen, from Old English dwellan, from Proto-Germanic dwaljaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwelH-, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root dʰwel-.
dwell (English): A period of time in which a system or component...
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- A period of time in which a system or component...
Ancestry of “dwell”, step by step
dwell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English dwellen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | dwellen | to dwell; to reside; to live |
| 2 | Old English | dwellan | to mislead, deceive; to hinder; to err, go astray |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *dwalljan | to be confused, perplex |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dwaljaną | to be confused, perplex; to hold up, delay |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |