Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/morwís

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms 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

    Etymology

    Possibly a metathesis of *worm-i- (“worm, larva, ant”) along with semantic narrowing. Or, the two have been conflated due to coincidental similarity.

    Noun

    *morwís

    1. ant

    Descendants

    • Proto-Albanian: *mārwa
    • Proto-Armenian: (with assimilation *morwo- > *mormo-)
      • >? Middle Armenian: մորմ (morm, “tarantula”)
    • ⇒ Proto-Armenian:
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *marwís (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Celtic: *morwis f[1] (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *mauraz, *miurijǭ (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: (with assimilation *morwo- > *mormo-)
      • Ancient Greek: μύρμηξ (múrmēx) (see there for further descendants)
      • Ancient Greek: μύρμος (múrmos)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *marwíš m (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Proto-Italic: *mormīkā (see there for further descendants)
    • Unsorted formations:
      • >? Ancient Greek: βόρμαξ (bórmax), βύρμαξ (búrmax) (or from *worm-)

    References

    1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*morwi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 278
    • Mallory, J. P. with 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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