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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *pāpel-, *pe(i)pel-
Meaning: butterfly
Slavic: *pepelūšьkā, *popelūšьkā
Baltic: ? *papelut=
Germanic: *fīfald=, *fīfild=
Latin: pāpiliō, gen. -ōnis m. `Schmetterling'
Russ. meaning: насекомое (бабочка)
References: WP II 55
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *papelut=
Meaning: night-hawk, moth, owl
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: papelučkà 'Nachtschwalbe, Ziegenmelker (Caprimulgus), Nachtschmetterling, kleine Eule'
Comments: Possibly an indigenous word, transformed under Slavic influence.
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *fīfald=, *fīfild=
Meaning: butterfly
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: fīfrildi n. `Schmetterling'; NIsl fiδrildi `id.'
Norwegian: fivrelde, feväldre, fivel
Old Swedish: fiädhal
Swedish: fjäril; dial. feffel; dial. fjädɔlder
Old English: fīfealde (-falde), -an f. `butterfly'
Old Saxon: fīfoldara
Middle Dutch: vīveltre
Dutch: vijwouter m., dial. wiewouter
Old High German: fīfalt(a)ra f. (9. Jh.), fīfaltar m. (Hs. 12.Jh.)
Middle High German: vīvalter st./wk. m. 'schmetterling'
German: Falter m., dial. Feifalter
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