Old English fifealde

← German Falter (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *fīfildǭ (mention)

← Old High German fīfaltara (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *pāpel- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *pe(y)pel- (mention)

← Dutch vijfwouter (cognate)

← Old Norse fífrildi (cognate)

← Old Saxon fīfoldara (cognate)

→ Westrobothnian førel (mention)

→ Icelandic fiðrildi (mention)

→ Dutch vijfwouter (cognate)

→ Swedish fjäril (mention)