Where does “Zëmmer” come from?

Zëmmer (Luxembourgish) comes 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.

Zëmmer (Luxembourgish): room

Definitions

  1. room

Ancestry of “Zëmmer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzimbar—
2Proto-West Germanic*timr(act of) building
3Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
4Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

Words derived from “Zëmmer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *timr →