Where does “dwimmer” come from?
dwimmer (English) comes from Middle English dwimmer, from Old English ġedwimor, from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
dwimmer (English): Magic, magic arts; sorcery; spell; occult art
Definitions
- Magic, magic arts; sorcery; spell; occult art
Ancestry of “dwimmer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | dwimmer | — |
| 2 | Old English | ġedwimor | — |
| 3 | Old English | ġē | ye |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
Words derived from “dwimmer”