Where does “Zwergschimpanse” come from?

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

Zwergschimpanse (German): a pygmy chimpanzee

Definitions

  1. a pygmy chimpanzee

Ancestry of “Zwergschimpanse”, step by step

Zwergschimpanse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zwerg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZwergdwarf; dwarf, midget; gnome
2Middle High Germantwerc—
3Old High Germantwercdwarf
4Proto-West Germanicdwergdwarf
5Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf

via German Schimpanse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchimpansechimpanzee
2Frenchchimpanzéchimpanzee
Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dwerg →Every word from Old High German twerc →
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