Where does “*timr” come from?

*timr (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.

*timr (Proto-West Germanic): (act of) building

Definitions

  1. (act of) building

Ancestry of “*timr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
2Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

Words derived from “*timr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →
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