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Indeed, in many languages, even unrelated ones like Finnish, Greek, and Vietnamese, the word for moth is "night butterfly".
by jetunsaure 4y ago
Indeed, in many languages, even unrelated ones like Finnish, Greek, and Vietnamese, the word for moth is "night butterfly".
- duchenne 4y agoIn French as well: "papillon de nuit"
- hnbad 4y agoIn German the category of both is called "Schmetterling" which is also the German word for butterfly, which are technically called "Tagfalter" (day folders). Moths are called "Nachtfalter" (night folder) or simply "Motte" (moth), which technically refers only to specific smaller moths, especially pests.
- scns 4y agoIn german: Nachtfalter ie nightfolder
- brazzy 4y agoThe word "Falter" is not in fact etymologically related to "falten" (folding), according to Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmetterlinge#Herkunft_des_Namens https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmetterlinge#Herkunft_des_Na...