Swiss German for Lepidoptera

[Daniel L. Geiger]

In Swiss German (my Dialekt is the one of the town of Basel) it is
"Summervogel". Note the difference to High German, but similarity to
Norwegian, Danish and Yiddish. Litterally "Summervogel" means "bird of
summer."



>Schmetterling       German

>Sommerfugl         Norwegian
>Sommerfugl        Danish (same as Norwegian)

>Zomerfeygele  and Flaterl   Yiddish

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Daniel L. Geiger
Department of Biological Sciences
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University of Southern California
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USA

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