Where does “mauraþúfa” come from?

mauraþúfa (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic maur, from Old Norse maurr, from Old Norse þúfa, from Proto-Germanic þūbaz.

mauraþúfa (Icelandic): anthill

Definitions

  1. anthill

Ancestry of “mauraþúfa”, step by step

mauraþúfa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic maur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmauran ant
2Old Norsemaurrant
3Old Norseþúfamound, knoll
4Proto-Germanicþūbaz—

via Icelandic þúfa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicþúfatussock, hillock, mound
Every word from Proto-Germanic þūbaz →Every word from Old Norse þúfa →Every word from Old Norse maurr →
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