English: butterfly Spanish: mariposa Italian: farfalla French: papillon Portuguese: borboleta Swedish: fjäril Danish: sommerfugl Russian: babochka Polish: motyl German: SCHMETTERLING - ThreadSky

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glennf.com • 116 days ago

English: butterfly
Spanish: mariposa
Italian: farfalla
French: papillon
Portuguese: borboleta
Swedish: fjäril
Danish: sommerfugl
Russian: babochka
Polish: motyl

German:
SCHMETTERLING

Comments

vertvoltapress.bsky.social•116 days ago

Love that no one can agree etymologically—they’re all so divergent!

glennf.com•116 days ago

I’m sure there’s a theory about Romance propagation

vertvoltapress.bsky.social•116 days ago

Talking with a friend about Welsh not having words for certain things (& wholly accepting the English term), & my binge watching a recent German spy show (Kleo), has shown me language is still a churning sea

fcrouter.bsky.social•116 days ago

I use this example all the time! (Tho it’s usually just mariposa, papillon, SCHMETTERLING). Can’t tell you how delighted I am to see someone else bring it up! Ausgezeichnet. 😀

glennf.com•116 days ago

It’s so funny. I love German. But it always cracks me up.

fcrouter.bsky.social•116 days ago

Ja, ich auch!