Where does “перламутровка” come from?

перламутровка (Russian) comes from Russian -о́вка, from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

перламутровка (Russian): Argynnis-genus fritillary

Definitions

  1. Argynnis-genus fritillary

Ancestry of “перламутровка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-о́вка—
2Russian-каnow, just
3Proto-Slavic-ьka—
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ—
5Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂ →Every word from Russian -ка →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьka →