Where does “ritariperhonen” come from?
ritariperhonen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ritari, from Swedish riddare, from Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder, from Middle Dutch riddere, from Middle Dutch rîdere, from Old Dutch rīdere, from Old Dutch rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.
ritariperhonen (Finnish): swallowtail; Old World swallowtail
Definitions
- swallowtail; Old World swallowtail
Ancestry of “ritariperhonen”, step by step
ritariperhonen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ritari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ritari | knight |
| 2 | Swedish | riddare | a knight |
| 3 | Old Norse | riddari | knight, mounted warrior; knight |
| 4 | Middle Low German | ridder | a knight, an armored professional soldier usually... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | riddere | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | rîdere | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | rīdere | — |
| 8 | Old Dutch | rīdan | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Finnish perhonen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perhonen | insect of the order Lepidoptera; butterfly, moth... |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |