Where does “Dwight” come from?

Dwight (Tagalog) comes from English Dwight, from Middle English Diot, from Proto-West Germanic þeudu, from Proto-Germanic þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

Ancestry of “Dwight”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDwight
2Middle EnglishDiot
3Proto-West Germanicþeudupeople, tribe
4Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
6Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic þeudō