Where does “ruotomuura” come from?

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

ruotomuura (Finnish): spot-backed antshrike

Definitions

  1. spot-backed antshrike

Ancestry of “ruotomuura”, step by step

ruotomuura 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 ruoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruotofishbone, bone; shaft, stem; spine, chine
2Proto-Germanicrōdōrod, pole
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrōt-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mowro- →Every word from Proto-Germanic miurijǭ →Every word from Finnish muurahainen →