flinter

Betekenis (Engels)

butterfly

Etymologie (Engels)

Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fî-faldrôn (“flying, folding”), from *fifaldǭ (“butterfly”). If so, related to Faroese firvaldur and German Falter.
Probably related to Dutch vlinder and Middle English flindre; also compare Albanian flutur (“butterfly”).

Zinnen

Der wie ris in moaie flinter , dy flinter wie sa blau as de loft .

Er was een mooie vlinder, die vlinder was zo blauw als de lucht.