Where does “ドワーフ” come from?

ドワーフ (Japanese) comes from English Dwarf, from Middle English dwergh, from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic dwerg, from Proto-Germanic dwergaz — dwarf.

ドワーフ (Japanese): a dwarf

Definitions

  1. a dwarf

Ancestry of “ドワーフ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDwarf—
2Middle Englishdwerghdwarf
3Old Englishdweorgdwarf
4Proto-West Germanicdwergdwarf
5Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf
Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dwerg →Every word from Old English dweorg →