Where does “murkkuikäinen” come from?
murkkuikäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish murkkuikä, from Finnish murkku, from Finnish muurahainen, from Proto-Germanic miurijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mowro-.
Ancestry of “murkkuikäinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | murkkuikä | — |
| 2 | Finnish | murkku | ant; teenager |
| 3 | Finnish | muurahainen | ant; The family Formicidae |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | miurijǭ | ant |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mowro- | — |