Etymology Explorer
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Where does “dweorh” come from?
dweorh (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic dwerg, from Proto-Germanic dwergaz — dwarf.
Ancestry of “dweorh”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-West Germanic
dwerg
dwarf
2
Proto-Germanic
dwergaz
dwarf
Words derived from “dweorh”
dwarf
dwerf
dwerȝ
dwerw
Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →
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