Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/miurijā

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.

Noun

*miurijā f

1. ant

   Synonym: *āmaitijā

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*miurijā
Genitive	*miurijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*miurijā	*miurijōn
Accusative	*miurijōn	*miurijōn
Genitive	*miurijōn	*miurijōnō
Dative	*miurijōn	*miurijōm, *miurijum
Instrumental	*miurijōn	*miurijōm, *miurijum

Descendants

• Old English: *mīere, *mȳre
  • 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: miere
    • Dutch: mier