mier
Dutch (Brabantic)
/mir/
noun
Definitions
- (zoology) ant
- (figuratively) insignificant individual
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch miere (ant) inherited from Old Dutch *miuri inherited from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*miurijǭ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- muurahainen Finnish
- -en Dutch, Flemish
- boerderij Dutch, Flemish
- buidelmiereneter Dutch, Flemish
- egel Dutch, Flemish
- eter Dutch, Flemish
- hoop Dutch, Flemish
- leeuw Dutch, Flemish
- mierenboerderij Dutch, Flemish
- mierenegel Dutch, Flemish
- miereneter Dutch, Flemish
- mierenhoop Dutch, Flemish
- mierenleeuw Dutch, Flemish
- mierennest Dutch, Flemish
- mierenneuken Dutch, Flemish
- mierenneuker Dutch, Flemish
- mierenneukerij Dutch, Flemish
- mierenzuur Dutch, Flemish
- mierwesp Dutch, Flemish
- mierzoet Dutch, Flemish
- nest Dutch, Flemish
- neuken Dutch, Flemish
- werken Dutch, Flemish
- werkmier Dutch, Flemish
- wesp Dutch, Flemish
- zoet Dutch, Flemish
- zuur Dutch, Flemish
- *morwi- Proto-Indo-European
- *miurijǭ Proto-Germanic
- maurr Old Norse
- myre Danish
- myresyre Danish
- miere Middle Dutch
- mier Afrikaans
- meyra Faroese
- meyruslag Faroese
- meyrusýra Faroese
- *miuri Old Dutch
- *miuria Old Saxon
- mira Sranan Tongo