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Where does “nokivatsamuura” come from?

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

nokivatsamuura (Finnish): A spiny-faced antshrike, "Xenornis setifrons"

Definitions

  1. A spiny-faced antshrike, "Xenornis setifrons"

Ancestry of “nokivatsamuura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmuuraAny bird in the taxonomic family Formicariidae,...
2Finnishmuurahainenant; The family Formicidae
3Proto-Germanicmiurijǭant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmowro-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mowro- →