Where does “timmer” come from?

timmer (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.

Ancestry of “timmer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*timr(act of) building
2Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
3Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

Words derived from “timmer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *timr →