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Where does “muurahaiskeko” come from?

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

muurahaiskeko (Finnish): anthill

Definitions

  1. anthill

Ancestry of “muurahaiskeko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuurahainenant; The family Formicidae
2Proto-Germanicmiurijǭant
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmowro-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mowro- →