Where does “Buckelfliege” come from?
Buckelfliege (German) comes from German buckel, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą — year.
Buckelfliege (German): A fly belonging to family Phoridae, the scuttle flies
Definitions
- A fly belonging to family Phoridae, the scuttle flies
Ancestry of “Buckelfliege”, step by step
Buckelfliege traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German buckel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | buckel | boss |
| 2 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 3 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 4 | German | Jahr | year |
| 5 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 6 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
via German fliege
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fliege | inflection of fliegen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | fliege | — |
| 3 | Old High German | flioga | fly |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fleugǭ | flying insect, fly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fleuganą | to fly |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |