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Where does “fifaltra” come from?
fifaltra (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ, from Proto-Indo-European pāpel-.
Ancestry of “fifaltra”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
fifaldǭ
butterfly
2
Proto-Indo-European
pāpel-
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Words derived from “fifaltra”
vīvalter
vijfwouter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pāpel- →
Every word from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ →