Where does “puumuura” come from?

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

puumuura (Finnish): Any passerine bird in the taxonomic family...

Definitions

  1. Any passerine bird in the taxonomic family...

Ancestry of “puumuura”, step by step

puumuura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmuuraAny bird in the taxonomic family Formicariidae,...
2Finnishmuurahainenant; The family Formicidae
3Proto-Germanicmiurijǭant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmowro-

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

Words derived from “puumuura

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mowro-Every word from Proto-Germanic miurijǭEvery word from Finnish muurahainen