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Flitterke

Saterland Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From flitterje (“to flutter”) +‎ -ke (diminutive suffix). Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fî-faldrôn (“flying, folding”), from *fifaldǭ (“butterfly”). If so, related to Faroese firvaldur and German Falter.[1][2]

Probably also related to Dutch vlinder and English flinder; also compare Albanian flutur (“butterfly”).

Noun edit

Flitterke f

  1. butterfly

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Dumitrescu, Ioana (2014): The Butterfly Effect on Languages
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “fifaldra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
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