Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “dweorg” come from?

dweorg (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic dwerg, from Proto-Germanic dwergaz — dwarf.

dweorg (Old English): dwarf

Definitions

  1. dwarf

Ancestry of “dweorg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdwergdwarf
2Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf

Words derived from “dweorg”

  • dwarf
  • dwarfish
  • dwarfism
  • durgan
  • subdwarf
  • semidwarf
  • dwarfishness
  • dwarflike
  • dwarfness
  • dwarvish
  • dwarfess
  • dwarfishly
  • dwarfy
  • dwarfdom
  • bedwarf
  • Dwarfer
  • dwarfling
  • dwarfeth
  • dwarfsploitation
  • weredwarf
  • ドワーフ
  • dwerghin
  • dwerghen
  • dwergh
Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →