Where does “צימער” come from?

צימער (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German zimber, from Old High German zimbar, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.

צימער (Yiddish): room

Definitions

  1. room

Ancestry of “צימער”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzimber—
2Old High Germanzimbar—
3Proto-West Germanic*timr(act of) building
4Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
5Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

Words derived from “צימער”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *timr →