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

  1. timber; wood used for building

Ancestry of “timber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetimbrtimber
2Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
3Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →Every word from Old Norse timbr →