Where does “mooratoog” come from?

mooratoog (Scots) comes from Old Norse maurr, from Old Norse þúfa, from Proto-Germanic þūbaz.

mooratoog (Scots): an ant

Definitions

  1. an ant

Ancestry of “mooratoog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemaurrant
2Old Norseþúfamound, knoll
3Proto-Germanicþūbaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic þūbaz →Every word from Old Norse þúfa →Every word from Old Norse maurr →
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