Where does “tūmeln” come from?

tūmeln (Middle High German) comes from Old High German tūmilōn, from Old High German tūmōn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Ancestry of “tūmeln”, step by step

tūmeln traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German tūmilōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germantūmilōn—
2Old High Germantūmōnto turn round, rotate
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Old High German tūmalōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germantūmalōnto turn

Words derived from “tūmeln”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Old High German tūmōn →Every word from Old High German tūmilōn →