Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/miurijǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mowro-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmiu̯.ri.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*miurijǭ f

an ant

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *miurijǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*miurijǭ	*miurijōniz
vocative	*miurijǭ	*miurijōniz
accusative	*miurijōnų	*miurijōnunz
genitive	*miurijōniz	*miurijōnǫ̂
dative	*miurijōni	*miurijōmaz
instrumental	*miurijōnē	*miurijōmiz

Synonyms

*mauraz
*ēmaitijǭ

Descendants

Old English: *mīere, *mȳre (attested in Mȳran-hēafod)
- Middle English: mire
  - English: mire
    - ⇒ English: antmire
  - ⇒ Middle English: pissemyre
    - English: pismire
Old Saxon: miuria
- Middle Low German: miere (possibly a loan from Dutch)
  - German Low German: Miere
Old Dutch: *miura
- Middle Dutch: mire, miere
  - Dutch: mier
Old Norse: *mýra
- Old Swedish: mȳra
  - Swedish: myra
- Danish: myre

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