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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fifaldǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pāpel-, *peypel- (butterfly). Cognate with Latin pāpiliō (butterfly), Lithuanian papelučkà (moth, owlling).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸi.ɸɑl.dõː/

Noun

*fifaldǭ f

  1. butterfly

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *fifaldǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fifaldǭ *fifaldōniz
vocative *fifaldǭ *fifaldōniz
accusative *fifaldōnų *fifaldōnunz
genitive *fifaldōniz *fifaldōnǫ̂
dative *fifaldōni *fifaldōmaz
instrumental *fifaldōnē *fifaldōmiz

Descendants

  • Old English: fifalde, fīfealde
  • Old Saxon: fīfoldara, fifaldra
  • Old Dutch: *fifaltra
  • Old High German: fifaltra, pifoltra; zwifaltra
    • Middle High German: vīvalter, vīveltre; *zwīvalter
      • German: Feifalter; Zweifalter; Falter
  • Old Norse: fífrildi
    • Icelandic: fiðrildi
    • Faroese: fiðrildi, firvaldur
    • Norwegian: fivreld, fivrelde, fevældre, fivel, fyrveld, fivrild, fibrelde, forelde
    • Old Swedish: fiädhal
    • Gutnish: fjädavall, fjädurhalldi, fjädaralld
    • Westrobothnian: førel, feril, färil
    • Dalian: fjörald, fjäråld
      • Western: fjöril
      • Elfdalian: fyörolder
      • Eastern: fjärålder, fjäråll, fjöråll, fyrålld
    • Gutnish: fjödarvald, fjädarvall, fjedurhaldi
    • Helsingian: fel, fyller, fjöder, flöijel
    • Angermannic: föril
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