Where does “dwerȝe” come from?

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

Ancestry of “dwerȝe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdweorgdwarf
2Proto-West Germanicdwergdwarf
3Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf
Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dwerg →Every word from Old English dweorg →