Where does “tuhkapuumuura” come from?
tuhkapuumuura (Finnish) comes from Finnish puumuura, from Finnish muura, from Finnish muurahainen, from Proto-Germanic miurijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mowro-.
tuhkapuumuura (Finnish): uniform antshrike
Ancestry of “tuhkapuumuura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | puumuura | Any passerine bird in the taxonomic family... |
| 2 | Finnish | muura | Any bird in the taxonomic family Formicariidae,... |
| 3 | Finnish | muurahainen | ant; The family Formicidae |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | miurijǭ | ant |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mowro- | — |