Where does “Zwergzikade” come from?

Zwergzikade (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.

Zwergzikade (German): leaf-hopper any insect of the family

Definitions

  1. leaf-hopper any insect of the family

Ancestry of “Zwergzikade”, step by step

Zwergzikade 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 Zikade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZikadecicada any hemipteran of the suborder
2Latincicadacicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...
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