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Where does “Regenpfeifer” come from?

Regenpfeifer (German) comes from German Pfeifer, from English Pfeiffer, from German Pfeiffer, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius.

Regenpfeifer (German): plover

Definitions

  1. plover

Ancestry of “Regenpfeifer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPfeiferpiper
2EnglishPfeiffer—
3GermanPfeiffer—
4German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
5Old High German-āri—
6Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
7Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
8Latin-ārius—
9Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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