Where does “flindre” come from?

flindre (Middle English) comes from Proto-Germanic fî-faldrôn, from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ, from Proto-Indo-European pāpel-.

flindre (Middle English): moth

Definitions

  1. moth

Ancestry of “flindre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfî-faldrônflying, folding
2Proto-Germanicfifaldǭbutterfly
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpāpel-—

Words derived from “flindre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pāpel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ →Every word from Proto-Germanic fî-faldrôn →