Where does “Palpenmotte” come from?

Palpenmotte (German) comes from German Palpus, from Latin palpus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Palpenmotte (German): twirler moth, gelechiid (Gelechiidae)

Definitions

twirler moth, gelechiid (Gelechiidae)

Ancestry of “Palpenmotte”, step by step

Palpenmotte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Palpus

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	Palpus	pedipalp, palpus
2	Latin	palpus	palm of the hand; feeler
3	Latin	-us	suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4	Old Latin	-os	accusative masculine plural of -us
5	Proto-Italic	-os	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	-ós	Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via German motte

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	motte	inflection of motten: ## first-person singular...
2	Middle Low German	motte	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →