Where does “kusimuurahain” come from?

kusimuurahain (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian muurahain, from Finnish muurahainen, from Proto-Germanic miurijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mowro-.

kusimuurahain (Ingrian): yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus)

Definitions

  1. yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus)

Ancestry of “kusimuurahain”, step by step

kusimuurahain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian muurahain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmuurahainant
2Finnishmuurahainenant; The family Formicidae
3Proto-Germanicmiurijǭant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmowro-—

via Ingrian kusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankusiurine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mowro- →Every word from Proto-Germanic miurijǭ →Every word from Finnish muurahainen →
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