Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/morwi-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Noun

*morwi-

ant

Descendants

Albanian: morr
Armenian:
- Old Armenian: մրջիւն (mrǰiwn)
  - Armenian: մրջյուն (mrǰyun)
Balto-Slavic:
- Slavic: *morvъ (see there for further descendants)
Celtic:
- Welsh: mŷr
- Old Irish: moirb
Germanic: *miurijǭ (see there for further descendants)
Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: μύρμηξ (múrmēx)
Indo-Iranian: *marwíš (see there for further descendants)
Italic:
- Latin: formica

References

Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148

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