köken: Haplology of dialectal German Feifalter, from Middle High German vīvalter, from Old High German fīfaltra, from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ, *fīfildǭ (“butterfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *peypel-. Cognate with Dutch vijfwouter, Icelandic fiðrildi, and outside Germanic Latin papilio. Folk-etymologically re-interpreted as Zweifalter, Pfeiffalter, etc., by association with unrelated falten (“to fold”).
köken: From Old French papeillon (12th c.), byform of paveillon, whence the modern doublet pavillon (“pavilion”). Both from Latin pāpiliōnem. The form with recovered -p- may be semi-learned, but has also been explained as a native development due to onomatopoeia. Another possibility would be influence by a hypothetical Old French *parpeillon, from Vulgar Latin *parpiliōnem (cf. Occitan parpalhon). The…
aile: arbre aux papillons, effet papillon, filet à papillons, minute papillon, nage papillon, nœud pap, nœud papillon, papillon de nuit, papillonnage, papillonner
vif et léger comme un papillon
Avec sa cour folâtre de jeunes merveilleux, papillons de boudoirs […] Véronique était là.
köken: Likely from the Vulgar Latin māreposā, which is a combination of māra (meaning "to flutter") and *pōsa (suggesting "to rest"). Another theory suggests it comes from the phrase María pósate (“Mary, alight!”). This likely stems from the belief that butterflies were the souls of the dead, and the Virgin Mary was often associated with souls. Another theory suggests it might be a combination of "mala…
aile: a otra cosa, mariposa, arbusto de las mariposas, cazamariposas, corbata de mariposa, efecto mariposa, lirio mariposa, mariposa de la muerte, mariposa de la seda, mariposa luna, mariposa monarca
butterfly · bow tie · pasta in the shape of butterflies or bow ties
çekim: çoğul farfalle
köken: Perhaps from Old Italian parpaglione, from Latin papiliō (“butterfly”). Compare Old French paveillon, Catalan papalló, Provençal parpalhos, Lombard parpaja. The f is difficult to account for, though it might be due to the Tuscan gorgia. Alternatively, from the dialectal Arabic word in Maltese farfett, Tunisian Arabic فرططو (farṭaṭṭu) / فرفطو (farfaṭṭu), which is from Berber; compare Kabyle…
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese berbeleta of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include: * Old Galician-Portuguese *belbeleta, from Vulgar Latin *belbellita, from bellus (“beautiful”). * Vulgar Latin *papilitta, from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly”). Cognate with Galician bolboreta.
köken: From Byzantine Greek πεταλούδα (petaloúda), of uncertain further origin. Probably from an earlier unattested *πεταλίδα (*petalída) with change of suffix to -ούδα (-oúda), from the root underlying Ancient Greek πέτᾰλον (pétălon, “leaf, petal”) + -ίδα (-ída), with possible influence from the marginally-attested πετηλίς (petilís, “locust”). Alternatively, from Ancient Greek πετάννυμι (petánnumi, “to…
köken: First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean 나ᄇᆡ〮 (Yale: nàpóy). Also attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 나뵈〮 (Yale: nàpwóy). Perhaps etymologically 나봇 (nabot, ideophonic root for fluttering) + -이 (-i, noun-deriving suffix), literally "flutterer". Compare 나부끼다 (nabukkida, “to flutter in the wind”), 나붓거리다…
insect of the order Lepidoptera; butterfly, moth or skipper. · butterfly, butterfly stroke (swimming technique) · medallion, medaillon (cut of meat or fish resembling a medallion)
çekim: çoğul perhoset · tamlayan perhosen
eş: perhosuinti
köken: From perho (“butterfly; fly (in fishing)”) + -nen.
köken: Unknown. Possibly from a root *flutulus, or deverbative from flutura. Related to Albanian flutur, and possibly derived from it; alternatively, it may have a substratum root akin to it, or simply be of imitative origin. Compare also Aromanian flitur.
Etimoloji
From Proto-Turkic *kepelek (“butterfly”). Cognate with Kazakh көбелек (köbelek), Kyrgyz көпөлөк (köpölök), Southern Altai кӧбӧлӧк (köbölök), Uzbek kapalak, Turkish kelebek, Northern Altai конак (konak), etc.