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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hunter | for a hunter |
| 2 | Middle English | huntere | A hunter; a (male) person who hunts animals |
| 3 | Middle English | hunten | to hunt |
| 4 | Cimbrian | hunt | dog |
| 5 | Middle High German | hunt | dog (Canis familiaris) |
| 6 | Old High German | hunt | dog |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
via English hawkmoth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hawkmoth | Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae,... |
| 2 | English | hawk | A diurnal predatory bird of the family... |
| 3 | English | hawker | A peddler, huckster, who travels about to sell... |
| 4 | Middle Low German | hȫker | peddler |
| 5 | Old High German | huchan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *hūkan- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *hūkkan- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *huk(k)ōn- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *kuk-néh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewk- | flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten |
via English white-edged
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | white-edged | — |