Where does “vīvalter” come from?
vīvalter (Middle High German) comes from Old High German fīfaltra, from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ, from Proto-Indo-European pāpel-.
Ancestry of “vīvalter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | fīfaltra | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | fifaldǭ | butterfly |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pāpel- | — |
Words derived from “vīvalter”