Where does “Nachtfalter” come from?
Nachtfalter (German) comes from German Falter, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
Nachtfalter (German): moth
Ancestry of “Nachtfalter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Falter | an insect of the order Lepidoptera, i.e. a... |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |