Why is the word for butterfly different in almost every language?
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@Gargron
Well, is it?
German and English both refer to making of butter (indo-germanic).
Latin languages seem to be similar, even farfalla might be a form of papilio. (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/farfalla)
Greeks are on their own, with an ancient and current version.
So, seems like the same as with hand, manus, chira :)
