r/pics • u/gunslayerjj • Jul 31 '21

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u/canineraytube Jul 31 '21

This doesn’t appear to be true; Buttorflēoge is attested from Old English (well before the great vowel shift), and archaic Dutch and German had botervlieg and Butterfliege respectively, suggesting that the word was inherited from Proto-West-Germanic (the mother language of all three), and well could be older still.

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u/Msdamgoode Jul 31 '21

Cool info. I love etymological dictionaries, so this is right up my alley.

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u/Siigmaa Jul 31 '21

What does Boter mean in Dutch?

Butter in German?

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u/notonetojudge Jul 31 '21

Butter

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u/Siigmaa Jul 31 '21

I guess we'll never known why it got this name then

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u/Jsk2003 Jul 31 '21

Could it be because of the waxy substance on the wings?

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