Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females. · A Web spider.
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā Old English ǣmete Middle English ampte English ant From Middle English ampte, amte, amete, amote, ante, emete, emot, emotte, empt, empte, from Old English ǣmete, ǣmette, ǣmytte, ǣmætte (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā (“ant”), of uncertain and debated origin (q.v.), but probably from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (“to cut”). See also emmet. Cognates Cognate with Yola emotee, emothee (“ant”), West Frisian eamel, eamelder, eameler (“ant”), Alemannic German Ameisse (“ant”), Bavarian Åmasn, Åmeisn (“ant”), Cimbrian amasa (“ant”), Dutch emt (“ant”), German Ameise, Emse (“ant”), Low German Emk (“ant”), Vilamovian ömys (“ant”), Yiddish אַמייזע (ameyze, “ant”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionampteenm
- Inherited-form mentionǣmeteang
- Inherited-form mention*āmaitijāgmw-pro · ant
- Inherited-form mention*ē-gem-pro · off, away
- Inherited-form mention*meh₂y-ine-pro · to cut
- Cognate mentionemoteeyol
- Cognate mentioneamelfy
- Cognate mentionAmeissegsw · ant
- Cognate mentionÅmasnbar
- Cognate mentionamasacim · ant
- Cognate mentionemtnl · ant
- Cognate mentionAmeisede
- Cognate mentionEmknds · ant
- Cognate mentionömyswym · ant
- Cognate mentionאַמייזעyi · ant
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