Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *morw- / *merw-

Meaning: ant

Tokharian: B warme 'ant' (Adams 580)

Old Indian: vamrá- m., vamrī́ f. `ant'; vamraká- m. `a small ant'; valmīka- `ant-hill'

Avestan: maoiri- m. `ant'

Other Iranian: NPers mōr 'Ameise'

Armenian: mrǯman, mrǯiun, gen. mrǯean `ant'

Old Greek: mǘrmǟks, -ǟkos, mǘrmo-s (Lyc.), *wǘrmǟk-s, *wórmǟk-s (written: bǘrmaks, bórmaks Hsch.) m. `Ameise'; hórmikas = mǘrmēks Hsch.

Slavic: *morvь, *morvьjь (*morvī), *morvъ

Baltic: *merw-ā̂, *marw-ā̂

Germanic: *maur-a- m., *miur-ō, -iō f.

Latin: formīca f. `Ameise'

Celtic: *moru̯ī- > OIr moirb; Cymr myr, pl. morion, Bret merien-enn

Russ. meaning: насекомое (муравей)

References: WP II 306 f

Comments: Contamination with *worm- 'worm'.

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