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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtimbertimber; a building; the act of building
2Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
3Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

Words derived from “tymber”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →Every word from Old English timber →