Where does “vlinder” come from?

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

vlinder (Dutch): butterfly, or generally any insect belonging to...

Definitions

  1. butterfly, or generally any insect belonging to...

Ancestry of “vlinder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfî-faldrônflying, folding
2Proto-Germanicfifaldǭbutterfly
3Proto-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 →