Where does “Zwerg” come from?

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

Zwerg (Luxembourgish): dwarf

Definitions

  1. dwarf

Ancestry of “Zwerg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantwerc—
2Old High Germantwercdwarf
3Proto-West Germanicdwergdwarf
4Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf
Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dwerg →Every word from Old High German twerc →