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Where does “hopeaposkimuura” come from?

hopeaposkimuura (Finnish) comes from Finnish muura, from Finnish muurahainen, from Proto-Germanic miurijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mowro-.

hopeaposkimuura (Finnish): silvery-cheeked antshrike

Definitions

  1. silvery-cheeked antshrike

Ancestry of “hopeaposkimuura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmuuraAny bird in the taxonomic family Formicariidae,...
2Finnishmuurahainenant; The family Formicidae
3Proto-Germanicmiurijǭant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmowro-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mowro- →