Where does “Zwerg” come from?

Zwerg (German) comes from Middle High German twerc, from Old High German twerc, from Proto-West Germanic dwerg, from Proto-Germanic dwergaz — dwarf.

Zwerg (German): dwarf; dwarf, midget; gnome

Definitions

  1. dwarf; dwarf, midget; gnome

Ancestry of “Zwerg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantwerc—
2Old High Germantwercdwarf
3Proto-West Germanicdwergdwarf
4Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf

Words derived from “Zwerg”

Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →