Where does “Faulholzmotte” come from?

Faulholzmotte (German) comes from German holz, from Middle High German holz, from Old High German holz, from Proto-West Germanic holt, from Proto-Germanic hultą, from Proto-Indo-European kald-, from Proto-Indo-European kola-.

Faulholzmotte (German): concealer moth, oecophorid (Oecophoridae)

Definitions

  1. concealer moth, oecophorid (Oecophoridae)

Ancestry of “Faulholzmotte”, step by step

Faulholzmotte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German holz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanholzwood material
2Middle High Germanholz—
3Old High Germanholzwood
4Proto-West Germanicholtwoods, forest; wood
5Proto-Germanichultąwood
6Proto-Indo-Europeankald-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankola-—

via German faul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfaulrotten; lazy
2Middle High Germanvūl—
3Old High Germanfūl—
4Proto-West Germanicfūlfoul, dirty
5Proto-Germanicfūlazfoul, dirty; rotten
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpū-rotten, putrid; be rotten; putrid; to rot, swell,...

via German motte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmotteinflection of motten: ## first-person singular...
2Middle Low Germanmotte—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kola- →