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Where does “Zeltdachspinne” come from?

Zeltdachspinne (German) comes from German Zeltdach, from German dach, from German Dachboden, from German Dach, from Middle High German dach, from Old High German dag, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic dag — to burn; warm, hot.

Zeltdachspinne (German): any spider of the family Urocteidae

Definitions

  1. any spider of the family Urocteidae

Ancestry of “Zeltdachspinne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeltdach—
2Germandach—
3GermanDachbodenattic
4GermanDachroof; circumflex
5Middle High Germandach—
6Old High Germandag—
7Old High Germantagday
8Proto-West Germanicdagday
9Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
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