Where does “timmer” come from?

timmer (Swedish) comes from Old Norse timbr, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.

timmer (Swedish): timber, log to be used in construction

Definitions

  1. timber, log to be used in construction

Ancestry of “timmer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetimbrtimber
2Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
3Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

Words derived from “timmer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →Every word from Old Norse timbr →