Where does “vlindernet” come from?
vlindernet (Dutch) comes from Dutch Net, from Middle Dutch net, from Old French net, from Vulgar Latin nittus, from Latin nitidus, from Latin nitere, from Latin niteo, from Proto-Indo-European ney-.
vlindernet (Dutch): a butterfly net
Definitions
- a butterfly net
Ancestry of “vlindernet”, step by step
vlindernet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Net
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Net | Reticulum |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | net | neat, decent, pretty |
| 3 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 5 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 6 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 9 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
via Dutch Vlinder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Vlinder | butterfly, or generally any insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera |
| 2 | Dutch | vlinder | butterfly, or generally any insect belonging to... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fî-faldrôn | flying, folding |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fifaldǭ | butterfly |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pāpel- | — |