Where does “Kieferneule” come from?

Kieferneule (German) comes from German Kiefer, from German Kienföhre, from German Föhre, from Middle High German vorhe, from Old High German forha, from Proto-Germanic furhō, from Proto-Indo-European pérkus, from Proto-Indo-European perkʷ- — oak.

Kieferneule (German): pine beauty

Definitions

  1. pine beauty

Ancestry of “Kieferneule”, step by step

Kieferneule traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kiefer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKieferpine; jaw
2GermanKienföhrearchaic form of Kiefer
3GermanFöhrepine
4Middle High Germanvorhe—
5Old High Germanforha—
6Proto-Germanicfurhōfir; pine; forest
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpérkusoak
8Proto-Indo-Europeanperkʷ-oak

via German Eule

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEuleowl; a moth of the family Noctuidae
2Middle High Germaniule—
3Old High Germanūwilaowl
4Proto-West Germanic*uwwulāowl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European perkʷ- →