Where does “timber” come from?
timber (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse timbr, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.
timber (Old Swedish): timber; wood used for building
Definitions
- timber; wood used for building
Ancestry of “timber”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | timbr | timber |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | timrą | building; timber |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |