Etymology Explorer
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Where does “fiðrildi” come from?
fiðrildi (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic fifaldǭ, from Proto-Indo-European pāpel-.
Ancestry of “fiðrildi”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
fifaldǭ
butterfly
2
Proto-Indo-European
pāpel-
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Words derived from “fiðrildi”
fiädhal
fiðrildablóm
fjäril
fjärilsim
fjärilslarv
fjärilslik
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