Where does “dwers” come from?

dwers (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Saxon thwerh, from Proto-Germanic *þwerh, from Proto-Germanic þwerhaz, from Proto-Germanic þerh-, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

Ancestry of “dwers”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonthwerhcontrary, against; bent, crooked
2Proto-Germanic*þwerh—
3Proto-Germanicþwerhazcross, adverse
4Proto-Germanicþerh-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “dwers”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →