Where does “twerc” come from?

twerc (Middle High German) comes from Old High German twerc, from Proto-West Germanic dwerg, from Proto-Germanic dwergaz — dwarf.

Ancestry of “twerc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germantwercdwarf
2Proto-West Germanicdwergdwarf
3Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf

Words derived from “twerc”

Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dwerg →Every word from Old High German twerc →