myre
Danish
/myːrə/
noun
Definitions
- ant
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse maurr (ant) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *morwi (ant).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*morwi
Gloss
ant
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
蟻
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- formica Latin
- mier Dutch, Flemish
- mierenboerderij Dutch, Flemish
- mierenegel Dutch, Flemish
- miereneter Dutch, Flemish
- mierenhoop Dutch, Flemish
- mierenleeuw Dutch, Flemish
- mierennest Dutch, Flemish
- mierenneuken Dutch, Flemish
- mierenzuur Dutch, Flemish
- mierwesp Dutch, Flemish
- mierzoet Dutch, Flemish
- werkmier Dutch, Flemish
- *morwi Proto-Indo-European
- maur Norwegian Bokmål
- maursluker Norwegian Bokmål
- maurtue Norwegian Bokmål
- *meurōn- Proto-Germanic
- *meurǭ Proto-Germanic
- myra Swedish
- maur Norwegian Nynorsk
- maurr Old Norse
- myresyre Danish
- syre Danish
- *morvъ Proto-Slavic
- мрав Serbo-Croatian
- blóðmaur Icelandic
- maur Icelandic
- maurasýra Icelandic
- mauraæta Icelandic
- mauraþúfa Icelandic
- miere Middle Dutch
- mier Afrikaans
- meyra Faroese
- meyruslag Faroese
- meyrusýra Faroese
- möur Westrobothnian
- mira Sranan Tongo