Where does “tarkalepke” come from?

tarkalepke (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tarka, from Hungarian tár, from Serbo-Croatian tovar, from Proto-Slavic tovarъ, from Proto-Turkic *tabar — livestock, cattle.

tarkalepke (Hungarian): any member of the subfamily Nymphalinae

Definitions

  1. any member of the subfamily Nymphalinae

Ancestry of “tarkalepke”, step by step

tarkalepke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tarka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantarkavariegated
2Hungariantárstorehouse, repository; cabinet, collection;...
3Serbo-Croatiantovarcargo; burden; load
4Proto-Slavictovarъloading
5Proto-Turkic*tabarlivestock, cattle

via Hungarian lepke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlepkebutterfly; moth
2Proto-Uraliclüppebutterfly
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tabar →Every word from Proto-Slavic tovarъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian tovar →