*mauraz

Runic: ᛗᚨᚢᚱᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑu̯.rɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

ant

From pre-Germanic *mowros, in which *mowr- is believed to be a metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *mor-w- (‘ant’). Compare the synonym *miurijǭ.

maurr (Old Norse)
- meyra (Faroese)
- maur (Icelandic)
- mour (Jamtish)
- mowre (Middle English)
- ? (Westrobothnian)
maurr (Old Norse)
- myre (Danish)
  - myre (Norwegian Bokmål)
maurr (Old Norse)
- ? (Norwegian)
  - maur (Norwegian Bokmål)
  - maur (Norwegian Nynorsk)
maurr (Old Norse)
- mȳra, *mør, mørastakker (Old Swedish)
  - myra (Swedish)