Where does “vīvalter” come from?

vīvalter (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch fifaltra, from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ, from Proto-Indo-European pāpel-.

Ancestry of “vīvalter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfifaltra—
2Proto-Germanicfifaldǭbutterfly
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpāpel-—

Words derived from “vīvalter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pāpel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ →Every word from Old Dutch fifaltra →