Where does “Zimmer” come from?

Zimmer (Hunsrik) comes from Middle High German zimber, from Old High German zimbar, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.

Zimmer (Hunsrik): room

Definitions

  1. room

Ancestry of “Zimmer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzimber—
2Old High Germanzimbar—
3Proto-West Germanic*timr(act of) building
4Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
5Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *timr →