Where does “muurahaiskäpy” come from?

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

muurahaiskäpy (Finnish): Any of several species of pangolin, or scaly...

Definitions

  1. Any of several species of pangolin, or scaly...

Ancestry of “muurahaiskäpy”, step by step

muurahaiskäpy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muurahainen

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

via Finnish käpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpyconifer's cone, strobilus
2Proto-Turkickäpä—

Words derived from “muurahaiskäpy”

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