An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zweifalter

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Zweifalter
Friedrich Kluge2508819An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — Zweifalter1891John Francis Davis

Zweifalter, m., ‘butterfly,’ from the equiv. MidHG. zwîvalter, m., corrupted from MidHG. vîvalter, OHG. fîfaltra, ‘butterfly.’ See Falter and Schmetterling.