Where does “twerc” come from?

twerc (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic dwerg, from Proto-Germanic dwergaz — dwarf.

twerc (Old High German): dwarf

Definitions

  1. dwarf

Ancestry of “twerc”, step by step

twerc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic dwerg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdwergdwarf
2Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf

via Proto-Germanic *dwerg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*dwerg—

Words derived from “twerc”

Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dwerg →