Where does “Zwergspinne” come from?

Zwergspinne (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.

Zwergspinne (German): dwarf spider (Erigoninae)

Definitions

  1. dwarf spider (Erigoninae)

Ancestry of “Zwergspinne”, step by step

Zwergspinne 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 spinne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspinnefirst-person singular indicative present of...
2Middle High Germanspinne—
3Old High Germanspinna—
Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →