vlinder

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Etymology

From Dutch vlinder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflən.dər/
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Noun

vlinder (plural vlinders, diminutive vlindertjie)

  1. butterfly
    Synonym: skoenlapper

Dutch

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fî-faldrôn (“flying, folding”), from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ (“butterfly”). If so, related to Faroese firvaldur and German Falter.

Compare obsolete or dialectal English flinder.

Noun

vlinder m (plural vlinders, diminutive vlindertje n)

  1. butterfly, or generally any insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera
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  • Afrikaans: vlinder
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vlinder

  1. inflection of vlinderen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

References

  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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