Where does “Knotenameise” come from?

Knotenameise (German) comes from German Ameise, from Old High German āmeiza, from Proto-West Germanic āmaitijā, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

Knotenameise (German): myrmicine (Myrmicinae)

Definitions

  1. myrmicine (Myrmicinae)

Ancestry of “Knotenameise”, step by step

Knotenameise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ameise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAmeiseant
2Old High Germanāmeiza—
3Proto-West Germanicāmaitijāant
4Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
5Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via German Knoten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKnotenknot; interchange; vertex, node
2Middle High Germanknote—
3Old High Germanknotoknot
4Proto-Germanicknuttôa knot
5Proto-Indo-Europeangnod-to bind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →