Where does “Ritterfalter” come from?
Ritterfalter (German) comes from German ritter, from Middle High German ritter, from Dutch ridder, from Middle Dutch riddere, from Middle Dutch rîdere, from Old Dutch rīdere, from Old Dutch rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.
Ritterfalter (German): A swallowtail butterfly
Definitions
- A swallowtail butterfly
Ancestry of “Ritterfalter”, step by step
Ritterfalter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German ritter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ritter | knight |
| 2 | Middle High German | ritter | — |
| 3 | Dutch | ridder | A knight; One of certain butterflies of the... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | riddere | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | rîdere | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | rīdere | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | rīdan | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via German Falter
| 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 | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |