Where does “Zwergsechsaugenspinne” come from?

Zwergsechsaugenspinne (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.

Zwergsechsaugenspinne (German): goblin spider, oonopid (Oonopidae)

Definitions

  1. goblin spider, oonopid (Oonopidae)

Ancestry of “Zwergsechsaugenspinne”, step by step

Zwergsechsaugenspinne 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 Sechsaugenspinne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSechsaugenspinne
Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz
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