Where does “ġedwimor” come from?

ġedwimor (Old English) comes from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

ġedwimor (Old English): illusion

Definitions

  1. illusion

Ancestry of “ġedwimor”, step by step

ġedwimor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English dwimor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdwimorphantom, ghost, apparition; illusion, delusion;...
2Proto-Germanicdwemrąsmoke, vapour; illusion, phantom
3Proto-Germanicdwemanąto smoke; to smoke; fume
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “ġedwimor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →