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Saterland Frisian
Etymology
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
Flitterke f
- butterfly
Synonyms
References
- ^ Dumitrescu, Ioana (2014): The Butterfly Effect on Languages
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “fifaldra”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140