Etymology

dweomer

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Today it means: The magical aura on an enchanted item; or more broadly, the aura of a magic spell having been cast while active. Full definition →

Middle English dweomer ← Old English dwimor ← Proto-Germanic *dwemrą
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰewh₂-“to whisk, raise dust, fume”
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*dwemrą
  3. Old English · derived fromdwimor
  4. Middle English · borrowed fromdweomer
  5. English todaydweomer

Learned borrowing from Middle English dweomer, from Old English dwimor, from Proto-Germanic *dwemrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to whisk, raise dust, fume”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂- all →

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