Where does “tømmer” come from?

tømmer (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse timbr, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.

tømmer (Norwegian Bokmål): timber; present of tømme

Definitions

  1. timber; present of tømme

Ancestry of “tømmer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetimbrtimber
2Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
3Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

Words derived from “tømmer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →Every word from Old Norse timbr →