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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
fifaldǭ
butterfly
2
Proto-Indo-European
pāpel-
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Words derived from “fīfaltra”
vīvalter
Falter
Nachtfalter
dickkopffalter
Augenfalter
Eulenfalter
Nonnenfalter
Zitronenfalter
Aurorafalter
C-Falter
Distelfalter
Falterfisch
Gletscherfalter
Monarchfalter
Ritterfalter
Schachbrettfalter
Schillerfalter
Tagfalter
Zünslerfalter
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Every word from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ →