Where does “Zwergkäfer” come from?

Zwergkäfer (German) comes from German Zwerg, from Middle High German twerc, from Old High German twerc, from Proto-West Germanic dwerg, from Proto-Germanic dwergaz — dwarf.

Zwergkäfer (German): featherwing beetle, ptiliid (Ptiliidae)

Definitions

  1. featherwing beetle, ptiliid (Ptiliidae)

Ancestry of “Zwergkäfer”, step by step

Zwergkäfer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zwerg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZwergdwarf; dwarf, midget; gnome
2Middle High Germantwerc—
3Old High Germantwercdwarf
4Proto-West Germanicdwergdwarf
5Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf

via German Käfer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKäferbeetle; young girl, wench; Volkswagen Type 1...
2Middle High Germankëvere—
3Old High Germanchevar—
4Proto-West Germanickefrōbeetle
Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →