Where does “Wanterpanewippchen” come from?

Wanterpanewippchen (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Wanter, from Old High German wintar, from Proto-West Germanic wintru, from Proto-Germanic wintruz — winter.

Wanterpanewippchen (Luxembourgish): grey wagtail

Definitions

  1. grey wagtail

Ancestry of “Wanterpanewippchen”, step by step

Wanterpanewippchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Wanter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishWanterwinter
2Old High Germanwintarwinter
3Proto-West Germanicwintruwinter
4Proto-Germanicwintruzwinter

via Luxembourgish Panewippchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishPanewippchenwhite wagtail
Every word from Proto-Germanic wintruz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wintru →Every word from Old High German wintar →