Where does “gidwerg” come from?

gidwerg (Old Saxon) comes from Old Saxon gī, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

gidwerg (Old Saxon): dwarf

Definitions

  1. dwarf

Ancestry of “gidwerg”, step by step

gidwerg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon gī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxongīyou plural
2Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
3Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
4Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

via Old Saxon dwerg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxondwerg—
2Proto-Germanic*dwerg—
3Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →
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