Where does “káposztalepke” come from?

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

káposztalepke (Hungarian): large white, cabbage butterfly the big, white and black butterfly

Definitions

  1. large white, cabbage butterfly the big, white and black butterfly

Ancestry of “káposztalepke”, step by step

káposztalepke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian lepke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlepkebutterfly; moth
2Proto-Uraliclüppebutterfly

via Hungarian káposzta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankáposztacabbage an edible plant having a head of green leaves
Every word from Proto-Uralic lüppe →Every word from Hungarian lepke →