Where does “Schmetterlingsfamilie” come from?
Schmetterlingsfamilie (German) comes from German Familie, from Latin familia, from Latin famulus, from Proto-Italic famelos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
Schmetterlingsfamilie (German): family of butterflies (or, lato sensu, lepidopterans)
Definitions
- family of butterflies (or, lato sensu, lepidopterans)
Ancestry of “Schmetterlingsfamilie”, step by step
Schmetterlingsfamilie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Familie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Familie | family |
| 2 | Latin | familia | family; household; A quantity of land adequate... |
| 3 | Latin | famulus | serving, servile; a servant, slave |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | famelos | servile, domestic |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰh₁-m-eló- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
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 |