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Where does “Schmetterlingsraupe” come from?

Schmetterlingsraupe (German) comes from German Schmetterling, from German Schmetten, from Czech smetana, from Old Czech smetana, from Proto-Slavic *sъmetana.

Schmetterlingsraupe (German): butterfly caterpillar

Definitions

  1. butterfly caterpillar

Ancestry of “Schmetterlingsraupe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchmetterlingbutterfly; any insect of the order Lepidoptera,...
2GermanSchmettencream
3Czechsmetanacream
4Old Czechsmetana—
5Proto-Slavic*sъmetana—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *sъmetana →