Where does “tymber” come from?
tymber (Middle English) comes from Old English timber, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.
Ancestry of “tymber”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | timber | timber; a building; the act of building |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | timrą | building; timber |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
Words derived from “tymber”