Where does “muurahaisvieras” come from?

muurahaisvieras (Finnish) comes from Finnish vieras, from Proto-Finnic veeras, from Proto-Finnic veeri, from Proto-Finno-Permic wäre.

muurahaisvieras (Finnish): myrmecophile

Definitions

  1. myrmecophile

Ancestry of “muurahaisvieras”, step by step

muurahaisvieras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vieras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvierasunfamiliar; foreign; guest, visitor
2Proto-Finnicveerasguest, visitor; stranger; strange, foreign,...
3Proto-Finnicveeriside, flank; edge
4Proto-Finno-Permicwäre—

via Finnish muurahainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuurahainenant; The family Formicidae
2Proto-Germanicmiurijǭant
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmowro-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wäre →Every word from Proto-Finnic veeri →Every word from Proto-Finnic veeras →