Where does “Florfliege” come from?
Florfliege (German) comes from German Flor, from Dutch floers, from French velours, from Old French velous, from Latin villosus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
Florfliege (German): green lacewing (Chrysopidae)
Definitions
- green lacewing (Chrysopidae)
Ancestry of “Florfliege”, step by step
Florfliege traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Flor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flor | nap, pile; veil; bloom, flowering |
| 2 | Dutch | floers | veil; darkness, obscurity |
| 3 | French | velours | velvet |
| 4 | Old French | velous | — |
| 5 | Latin | villosus | hairy, shaggy |
| 6 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 7 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |
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 |