Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “dwerȝ” come from?

dwerȝ (Middle English) comes from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic dwerg, from Proto-Germanic dwergaz — dwarf.

Ancestry of “dwerȝ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdweorgdwarf
2Proto-West Germanicdwergdwarf
3Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf

Words derived from “dwerȝ”

  • dwarf
  • dwarfish
  • dwarfism
  • subdwarf
  • semidwarf
  • dwarfishness
  • dwarflike
  • dwarfness
  • dwarvish
  • dwarfess
  • dwarfishly
  • dwarfy
  • dwarfdom
  • bedwarf
  • Dwarfer
  • dwarfling
  • dwarfeth
  • dwarfsploitation
  • weredwarf
  • ドワーフ
Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →