Where does “dim” come from?

dim (Middle English) comes from Old English dim, from Old English dimm, from Proto-Germanic dimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰem- — to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure.

Ancestry of “dim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdim
2Old Englishdimmdim
3Proto-Germanicdimmazdark; gloomy
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰem-to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure

Words derived from “dim

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰem-
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