why is a buterfly called a butterfly,not a flutterby??

Answer 1

its come from the old english word 'butter', which means to 'spread out' and the word 'fly' which means to 'fly'.

Answer 2

The Anglo-Saxons used the word 'butterfloege' because their most common butterfly was the yellow brimstone butterfly. This English influence was brought to the new world. In the colonies, people claimed that at night witches would turn into winged creatures and steal butter. In other languages the butterfly's name means 'licker of milk' and milk thief. So maybe they were not off the mark. In Russia they're called 'babochka' or 'little soul'. The ancient Greeks called butterflies 'Psyche' which also means 'soul.' Many cultures feel that when we die our souls go to heaven as butterflies. In France they are called 'papillon.' Parking tickets are called 'papillon' too, because they are big pieces of yellow paper. When they are placed under a windshield wiper they flap like a big yellow butterfly. The Sioux Indians called butterflies 'fluttering wings'. There are other stories which are not as pleasant. The Dutch word for butterfly, describes the color of when they go to the bathroom. It is a yellow drop from something that flies

Answer 3

The English common name did originate from the relatively simple combination of “butter” and “fly,” there’s a written old English citation for buttorfleoge, but the literal origin is lost. Some sources have erroneously suggested that the excrement of butterflies is thought to resemble butter.

More likely origins include considering the that males of the common brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni, Pieridae) of England are butter-colored, or that, as author Samuel Jackson suggested, butterflies and the churning of butter are the simultaneous harbingers of spring, or that the word derives from the old myth that witches and fairies stole butter in the night, in the form of butterflies.

Answer 4

I don't know, maybe we can start calling them flutterbys together lol

Answer 5

they are called flutterbys in the2nd harry Potter game for GBA

Answer 6

The name originally applied to a very common european insect that was bright yellow in colour

Answer 7

back in the day, farmers used to churn their butter out in the open fields. they would take a break and when they came back, they would see that all these bugs had landed on their butter to eat the fat and salt in it. So, they named them butterflys.

true story.

Answer 8

Maybe because melted butter reminded someone how butterfly flies!

Answer 9

The same reason your friends call you a butterface and not a futterbace. It just sounds better.

Answer 10

once, God become chatting with flora and they were feeling intense about it. at the same time as they stated an same to God, God blessed them putting forward, Oh eye-catching flora, u would more advantageous fly and be favourite as "butterflies".