Sunday, February 16, 2014

Butterfly, in my words

faleibyn : butterfly

The Fennas word for butterfly is faleibyn. Similar Faleby is the name of a place in Sweden.

How did I come up with this word? The Welsh words for butterfly are glöyn byw and pili-pala, the Irish word for butterfly is féileacán, the Breton word for butterfly is balafenn, the Cornish word for butterfly is tykki Duw, and the Manx word for butterfly is follican.

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