Where does “maur” come from?
maur (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse maurr, from Old Norse þúfa, from Proto-Germanic þūbaz.
maur (Norwegian Bokmål): an ant
Ancestry of “maur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | maurr | ant |
| 2 | Old Norse | þúfa | mound, knoll |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þūbaz | — |
Words derived from “maur”