flinter
West Frisian
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fî-faldrôn (“flying, folding”), from *fifaldǭ (“butterfly”). If so, related to Faroese firvaldur and German Falter.[1][2]
Probably related to Dutch vlinder and Middle English flindre; also compare Albanian flutur (“butterfly”).
Noun
flinter c (plural flinters, diminutive flinterke)
- butterfly
Further reading
- “flinter”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
References
- Dumitrescu, Ioana (2014): The Butterfly Effect on Languages
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “fifaldra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140