Where does “ddimmja” come from?

ddimmja (Maltese) comes from English Dim, from Middle English dim, from Old English dim, from Old English dimm, from Proto-Germanic dimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰem- — to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure.

ddimmja (Maltese): to dim

Definitions

to dim

Ancestry of “ddimmja”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Dim	(from Bashkir Дим)
2	Middle English	dim	—
3	Old English	dim	—
4	Old English	dimm	dim
5	Proto-Germanic	dimmaz	dark; gloomy
6	Proto-Indo-European	dʰem-	to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure

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