Where does “timmeren” come from?

timmeren (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch timbren, from Proto-Germanic *timrijan, from Proto-Germanic timrijaną, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.

timmeren (Middle Dutch): to build

Definitions

  1. to build

Ancestry of “timmeren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtimbrento build
2Proto-Germanic*timrijan—
3Proto-Germanictimrijanąto construct, build
4Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
5Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

Words derived from “timmeren”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrijaną →
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