Where does “dwerf” come from?

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

Ancestry of “dwerf”, step by step

dwerf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English dweorg

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

via Old English dweorh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdweorh—

Words derived from “dwerf”

Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dwerg →Every word from Old English dweorg →