Where does “mustamuurahainen” come from?

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

mustamuurahainen (Finnish): silky ant

Definitions

  1. silky ant

Ancestry of “mustamuurahainen”, step by step

mustamuurahainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muurahainen

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

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mowro- →Every word from Proto-Germanic miurijǭ →Every word from Finnish muurahainen →