Where does “diere” come from?

diere (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch diuri, from Proto-West Germanic diurī, from Proto-Germanic diurijaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

diere (Middle Dutch): valuable; expensive; dear, precious

Definitions

  1. valuable; expensive; dear, precious

Ancestry of “diere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchdiuriprecious, valuable
2Proto-West Germanicdiurīvaluable, precious
3Proto-Germanicdiurijazdear, precious; expensive
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

Words derived from “diere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic diurijaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic diurī →