Where does “Zünslerfalter” come from?
Zünslerfalter (German) comes from German Falter, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Zünslerfalter (German): pyraloid (Pyraloidea)
Definitions
- pyraloid (Pyraloidea)
Ancestry of “Zünslerfalter”, step by step
Zünslerfalter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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) |
via German Zünsler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zünsler | — |