Where does “fīfaltra” come from?

fīfaltra (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ, from Proto-Indo-European pāpel-.

Ancestry of “fīfaltra”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fīfaltra

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pāpel-Every word from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ