What is the Old English words for utterfly and rout?
Butterfly- “The Old English word was “buterfleoge,” which literally means “butterfly.” Although no one is certain why this word was chosen for the insect, it is believed that people thought that witches assumed the shape of the insect when they stole butter and cream. Thus, the English word has nothing to do with the Latin order “Lepidoptera.” ” http://en.allexperts.com/q/Etymology-Mea… Trout- “From Old English truht, in part from Old French truite, from Late Latin tructa, perhaps from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trōktēs), “‘nibbler’”), from τρώγω (trōgō), “‘I gnaw’”), from Proto-Indo-European *tere- (“‘to rub, to turn’”). ” http://en.wiktionary.
