Where does “dwās” come from?

dwās (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic dwēsaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰews-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰew- — to die, pass away; to run, flow.

Ancestry of “dwās”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdwēsazfoolish, stupid
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰews-Alternative form of *dʰwes-; to lose one's...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰew-to die, pass away; to run, flow

Words derived from “dwās”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰews- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dwēsaz →
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