Where does “deemster” come from?
deemster (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch thimster, from Proto-West Germanic þimstr, from Proto-Germanic þimstraz, from Proto-Indo-European témH-s-ro-s, from Proto-Indo-European temH- — dark.
deemster (Middle Dutch): dark
Definitions
- dark
Ancestry of “deemster”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | thimster | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | þimstr | dark, dusky |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þimstraz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | témH-s-ro-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | temH- | dark |