Where does “white-edged hunter hawkmoth” come from?

white-edged hunter hawkmoth (English) comes from English Hunter, from Middle English huntere, from Middle English hunten, from Cimbrian hunt, from Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz — dog.

white-edged hunter hawkmoth (English): Theretra lycetus, a species of macroglossine hawkmoth

Definitions

  1. Theretra lycetus, a species of macroglossine hawkmoth

Ancestry of “white-edged hunter hawkmoth”, step by step

white-edged hunter hawkmoth traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Hunter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHunterfor a hunter
2Middle EnglishhuntereA hunter; a (male) person who hunts animals
3Middle Englishhuntento hunt
4Cimbrianhuntdog
5Middle High Germanhuntdog (Canis familiaris)
6Old High Germanhuntdog
7Proto-West Germanichunddog
8Proto-Germanichundazdog
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via English hawkmoth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhawkmothAny of several moths, of the family Sphingidae,...
2EnglishhawkA diurnal predatory bird of the family...
3EnglishhawkerA peddler, huckster, who travels about to sell...
4Middle Low Germanhȫkerpeddler
5Old High Germanhuchan
6Proto-Germanic*hūkan-
7Proto-Germanic*hūkkan-
8Proto-Germanic*huk(k)ōn-
9Proto-Indo-European*kuk-néh₂
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewk-flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten

via English white-edged

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwhite-edged
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ