Where does “Vlinder” come from?

Vlinder (Dutch) comes from Dutch vlinder, from Proto-Germanic fî-faldrôn, from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ, from Proto-Indo-European pāpel-.

Vlinder (Dutch): butterfly, or generally any insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera

Definitions

  1. butterfly, or generally any insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera

Ancestry of “Vlinder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvlinderbutterfly, or generally any insect belonging to...
2Proto-Germanicfî-faldrônflying, folding
3Proto-Germanicfifaldǭbutterfly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpāpel-—

Words derived from “Vlinder”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pāpel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ →Every word from Proto-Germanic fî-faldrôn →