Where does “buterflēoge” come from?

buterflēoge (Old English) comes from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον, from Ancient Greek τυρός, from Proto-Hellenic tūrós, from Proto-Indo-European tuh₂-ró-s, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

buterflēoge (Old English): butterfly

Definitions

  1. butterfly

Ancestry of “buterflēoge”, step by step

buterflēoge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English butere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbuterebutter
2Proto-West Germanicbuterābutter
3Latinbūtȳrumbutter
4Ancient Greekβούτυρονbutter
5Ancient Greekτυρόςcheese
6Proto-Hellenictūróscheese
7Proto-Indo-Europeantuh₂-ró-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Old English flēoge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishflēogea fly; fly
2Proto-West Germanic*fleugāfly

Words derived from “buterflēoge”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuh₂-ró-s →Every word from Proto-Hellenic tūrós →