Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “fifaltra” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fifaltra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfifaldǭbutterfly
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpāpel-—

Words derived from “fifaltra”

  • vijfwouter
  • vīvalter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pāpel- →