Where does “mierenjager” come from?

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

mierenjager (Dutch): ant spider, zodariid

Definitions

  1. ant spider, zodariid

Ancestry of “mierenjager”, step by step

mierenjager 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 Jager

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchJagerOrion
2Middle Dutchjager—
3Old Dutchjageri—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mowro- →