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.
Latin: formīca f. `Ameise'
Celtic: *moru̯ī- > OIr moirb; Cymr myr, pl. morion, Bret merien-enn
Russ. meaning: насекомое (муравей)
Comments: Contamination with *worm- 'worm'.
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