Where does “vijfwouter” come from?

vijfwouter (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vīvalter, from Old Dutch fifaltra, from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ, from Proto-Indo-European pāpel-.

vijfwouter (Dutch): butterfly

Definitions

  1. butterfly

Ancestry of “vijfwouter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvīvalter—
2Old Dutchfifaltra—
3Proto-Germanicfifaldǭbutterfly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpāpel-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pāpel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ →Every word from Old Dutch fifaltra →