Proto-West Germanic *kefrō

→ English chafer (inherited)

→ Old English ceafor (inherited)

→ German Käfer (inherited)

→ Middle English chafur (inherited)

→ Old High German cheviro (inherited)

→ Alemannic German Chääfer (inherited)

→ Luxembourgish Kiewerlek (inherited)

→ Ladin chëifer (derived)

→ Dutch kever (inherited)