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
Ancestry of “timmeren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | timbren | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *timrijan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | timrijaną | to construct, build |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | timrą | building; timber |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
Words derived from “timmeren”