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Where does “szmaterlok” come from?

szmaterlok (Silesian) comes from German Schmetterling, from German Schmetten, from Czech smetana, from Old Czech smetana, from Proto-Slavic *sъmetana.

szmaterlok (Silesian): butterfly

Definitions

  1. butterfly

Ancestry of “szmaterlok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchmetterlingbutterfly; any insect of the order Lepidoptera,...
2GermanSchmettencream
3Czechsmetanacream
4Old Czechsmetana—
5Proto-Slavic*sъmetana—
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