Where does “mierenegel” come from?

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

mierenegel (Dutch): echidna, any member of the family Tachyglossidae

Definitions

  1. echidna, any member of the family Tachyglossidae

Ancestry of “mierenegel”, step by step

mierenegel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch mier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmierant; insignificant individual
2Middle Dutchmiereant; inflection of mijn: ## feminine...
3Old Dutchmiuri
4Proto-Germanicmiurijǭant
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmowro-

via Dutch egel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchegelhedgehog
2Middle Dutcheghel
3Old Dutchigilhedgehog
4Proto-Germanicigilazhedgehog
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵʰishedgehog, hedgehog-like animals

Words derived from “mierenegel

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mowro-Every word from Proto-Germanic miurijǭEvery word from Old Dutch miuri