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

  1. Magic, magic arts; sorcery; spell; occult art

Ancestry of “dwimmer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdwimmer—
2Old Englishġedwimorillusion
3Old Englishġēye
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “dwimmer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →