Where does “muurahaissika” come from?

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

muurahaissika (Finnish): aardvark

Definitions

  1. aardvark

Ancestry of “muurahaissika”, step by step

muurahaissika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muurahainen

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

via Finnish Sika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSikaPig the twelfth animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac
2Proto-Finniccikapig
3Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mowro- →Every word from Proto-Germanic miurijǭ →Every word from Finnish muurahainen →