dwerg
Afrikaans
noun
Definitions
- dwarf small human, small specimen, breed or species of animal
- (fiction) dwarf small folkloristic humanoid
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish dwerg (dwarf) inherited from Middle Dutch dwerch inherited from Old Dutch *dwerg inherited from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz (dwarf).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*dwergaz
Gloss
dwarf
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dwerg Dutch, Flemish
- dwergarend Dutch, Flemish
- dwergchimpansee Dutch, Flemish
- dwerghert Dutch, Flemish
- dwerghoen Dutch, Flemish
- dwergin Dutch, Flemish
- dwergmuis Dutch, Flemish
- dwergnijlpaard Dutch, Flemish
- dwergpinguïn Dutch, Flemish
- dwergplaneet Dutch, Flemish
- dwergstaat Dutch, Flemish
- dwergster Dutch, Flemish
- dwergvalk Dutch, Flemish
- dwergvinvis Dutch, Flemish
- *dwergaz Proto-Germanic
- dweorg Old English
- dvergr Old Norse
- dwerch Middle Dutch
- twerc Old High German
- *dwerg gmw-pro
- *dwerg Old Dutch
- dwerch Old Frisian
- Dwarg German Low German