Where does “lentomuurahainen” come from?
lentomuurahainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish lento, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra — ing, -ure, -work.
lentomuurahainen (Finnish): An ant queen or a drone during nuptial flight
Definitions
- An ant queen or a drone during nuptial flight
Ancestry of “lentomuurahainen”, step by step
lentomuurahainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lento | flying, flight; flight; lento |
| 2 | Italian | lento | slow |
| 3 | Spanish | lento | slow |
| 4 | Galician | -ura | -ness |
| 5 | Latin | -ura | Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | -tūra | ing, -ure, -work |
via Finnish muurahainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muurahainen | ant; The family Formicidae |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | miurijǭ | ant |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mowro- | — |