Where does “leliehaantje” come from?

leliehaantje (Dutch) comes from Dutch lelie, from Middle Dutch lilie, from Old Dutch līlia.

leliehaantje (Dutch): scarlet lily beetle

Definitions

  1. scarlet lily beetle

Ancestry of “leliehaantje”, step by step

leliehaantje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch lelie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchlelieA lily; A fleur-de-lis, although botanically an...
2Middle Dutchlilie—
3Old Dutchlīlia—

via Dutch haantje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhaantje—
Every word from Old Dutch līlia →Every word from Middle Dutch lilie →Every word from Dutch lelie →