Etymology Explorer
› Old Saxon
Where does “dwerg” come from?
dwerg (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic dwergaz — dwarf.
Ancestry of “dwerg”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
*dwerg
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2
Proto-Germanic
dwergaz
dwarf
Words derived from “dwerg”
gidwerg
Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →
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