Where does “fauvette” come from?

fauvette (French) comes from French fauve, from Middle French fauve, from Old French falve, from Late Latin falvus, from Frankish falu, from Proto-Germanic falwaz, from Proto-Indo-European polHwós, from Proto-Indo-European pelH- — pale, gray.

fauvette (French): warbler

Definitions

  1. warbler

Ancestry of “fauvette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfauvetawny; savage, fierce; dangerous, wild
2Middle Frenchfauve—
3Old Frenchfalve—
4Late Latinfalvus—
5Frankishfalu—
6Proto-Germanicfalwazpale, gray, fallow
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpolHwóspale, gray
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpelH-pale, gray

Words derived from “fauvette”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European polHwós →Every word from Proto-Germanic falwaz →