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Where does “gedwimor” come from?

gedwimor (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.

Ancestry of “gedwimor”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gedwimor”

  • dwimmer
  • dwimmer-crafty
  • dwimmer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →