Where does “timber” come from?

timber (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.

timber (Old English): timber; a building; the act of building

Definitions

  1. timber; a building; the act of building

Ancestry of “timber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
2Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

Words derived from “timber”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →