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

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

[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

单词	flinter
释义	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
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flinter

West Frisian

Etymology

Noun

Further reading

References