Where does “timmer” come from?

timmer (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch timmer, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.

timmer (Middle Dutch): building, construction; act of building; material...

Definitions

building, construction; act of building; material...

Ancestry of “timmer”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Dutch	timmer	—
2	Proto-West Germanic	*timr	(act of) building
3	Proto-Germanic	timrą	building; timber
4	Proto-Indo-European	dem-	to build; to arrange, to put together

Words derived from “timmer”

timmer
timmerman
Timmermans
Timmerman

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *timr →