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means “gods little cow” in ukrainian ^_^ this is because they are silly and precious

makes sense when you think about it

spotted like cow, presumably. often found in grass.

I assume because of the spots??

our dear Lord's little creature. damn. so true....

Scottish Gaelic over there being like, "What!? That's what it is!"

In French we call them coccinelles (derived from the latin for "scarlet") or more affectionately/rarely la bête à Bon Dieu (the Good Lord's little creature)

Scottish-Gaelish be like "The Romans and the Saxons killed all our poets. Fuck you, bug"

not a European language but in Japanese it's "Heaven Road/Path Bug" so something like "Bug on the path to heaven" 天道虫(tentoumushi)

in portuguese it's little joana. apparently it's a cognate with galician — i didn't really expect joana and jane to be related (i'd go with joan, as in of arc), but old ass and biblical european names always surprise me that way ^_^

The Finnish name is alder (the tree) gretel or bridget (leppäkerttu/leppäpirkko), if it was blood it would be veripirkko.

A tiny correction: The Swedish word ("nyckelpiga") translates to "key-maid", not "key-maiden". "Piga" is an old Swedish for a female house servant (though originally it just meant "girl").