Where does “mier” come from?

mier (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch miuri, from Proto-Germanic miurijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mowro-.

mier (Dutch): ant; insignificant individual

Definitions

  1. ant; insignificant individual

Ancestry of “mier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmiereant; inflection of mijn: ## feminine...
2Old Dutchmiuri—
3Proto-Germanicmiurijǭant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmowro-—

Words derived from “mier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mowro- →