Where does “Schmetterlingsärmel” come from?
Schmetterlingsärmel (German) comes from German Ärmel, from Old High German armilo, from Old High German arm, from Proto-West Germanic arm, from Proto-Germanic armaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
Schmetterlingsärmel (German): butterfly sleeve
Definitions
- butterfly sleeve
Ancestry of “Schmetterlingsärmel”, step by step
Schmetterlingsärmel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ärmel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ärmel | sleeve |
| 2 | Old High German | armilo | armband |
| 3 | Old High German | arm | arm; poor, miserable |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | arm | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | armaz | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ermos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via German Schmetterling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schmetterling | butterfly; any insect of the order Lepidoptera,... |
| 2 | German | Schmetten | cream |
| 3 | Czech | smetana | cream |
| 4 | Old Czech | smetana | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *sъmetana | smetana whipped cream |