Where does “citromlepke” come from?

citromlepke (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lepke, from Proto-Uralic lüppe — butterfly.

citromlepke (Hungarian): brimstone or common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

Definitions

  1. brimstone or common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

Ancestry of “citromlepke”, step by step

citromlepke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian lepke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlepkebutterfly; moth
2Proto-Uraliclüppebutterfly

via Hungarian citrom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancitromlemon
2Medieval Latincitrumlemon tree, lemon; nominative neuter singular of...

Words derived from “citromlepke”

Every word from Proto-Uralic lüppe →Every word from Hungarian lepke →