Mannelijk

Falter

Betekenis

Concepten

(Engels)

(masculine, strong) A lepidopteran; an insect of the order Lepidoptera (i.e., a butterfly or moth)
(masculine, strong) imago of an insect of the order Lepidoptera

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈfaltɐ/

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Verwant aan Latijn

In summary

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”).