Where does “fiðrildablóm” come from?

fiðrildablóm (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic blóm, from Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic blōmô, from Proto-Germanic blōaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fiðrildablóm (Icelandic): Nemesia strumosa

Definitions

  1. Nemesia strumosa

Ancestry of “fiðrildablóm”, step by step

fiðrildablóm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic blóm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicblóma flower
2Old Norseblómflower
3Proto-Germanicblōmôflower
4Proto-Germanicblōanąto bloom, to flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Old Norse fiðrildi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefiðrildi—
2Proto-Germanicfifaldǭbutterfly
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpāpel-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →
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