Where does “dym” come from?

dym (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 “dym”, 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 “dym”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dimmaz →Every word from Old English dimm →