dwerg
Dutch (Brabantic)
/dʋɛrx/
noun
Definitions
- dwarf small human, small specimen, breed or species of animal
- (fiction) dwarf small folkloristic humanoid
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch dwerch inherited from Old Dutch *dwerg inherited from *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
- Dwarfer English
- bedwarf English
- durgan English
- durgy English
- dwarf English
- dwarf star English
- dwarfdom English
- dwarfen English
- dwarfess English
- dwarfeth English
- dwarfette English
- dwarfish English
- dwarfism English
- dwarfkind English
- dwarflike English
- dwarfling English
- dwarfmaid English
- dwarfness English
- dwarfsploitation English
- dwarfy English
- dwarven English
- semidwarf English
- subdwarf English
- weredwarf English
- Gartenzwerg German
- Sitzzwerg German
- Zwerg German
- Zwergin German
- Zwergohreule German
- Zwergpinscher German
- Zwergplanet German
- Zwergpudel German
- Zwergschimpanse German
- Zwergschnäpper German
- Zwergschwan German
- Zwergspitz German
- Zwergstrandläufer German
- arend Dutch, Flemish
- chimpansee 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
- hert Dutch, Flemish
- hoen Dutch, Flemish
- muis Dutch, Flemish
- nijlpaard Dutch, Flemish
- pinguïn Dutch, Flemish
- planeet Dutch, Flemish
- staat Dutch, Flemish
- ster Dutch, Flemish
- valk Dutch, Flemish
- vinvis Dutch, Flemish
- *dwergaz Proto-Germanic
- ドワーフ Japanese
- dweorg Old English
- dweorh Old English
- dwerf Middle English
- dvergr Old Norse
- dværg Danish
- dwerch Middle Dutch
- twerc Old High German
- dwerg Afrikaans
- twerc Middle High German
- *dwerg gmw-pro
- *dwerg Old Dutch
- dwerch Western Frisian
- dwerch Old Frisian
- Dwarg German Low German
- Zwarich Pennsylvania German