Where does “murkkuikä” come from?

murkkuikä (Finnish) comes from Finnish murkku, from Finnish muurahainen, from Proto-Germanic miurijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mowro-.

Ancestry of “murkkuikä”, step by step

murkkuikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish murkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurkkuant; teenager
2Finnishmuurahainenant; The family Formicidae
3Proto-Germanicmiurijǭant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmowro-—

via Finnish ikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikäage; life; lifetime
2Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
3Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year

Words derived from “murkkuikä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mowro- →Every word from Proto-Germanic miurijǭ →Every word from Finnish muurahainen →