Etymograph

English

Minkowski's Butterfly

Minkowski + butterfly.

A compound of Minkowski + butterfly

Polish Mińkowski

English Minkowski

Old English buterflēoge

Middle English buterflie

English butterfly

The story

Named after American astronomer Rudolph Minkowski, who discovered it.

Today it means

name A planetary nebula, a bipolar nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation with twin jets that form the wings.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Minkowski's Butterfly