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Reconstruction:Old English/miere
Old English
Alternative forms
- *mȳre
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *miurijā (“ant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi͜yː.re/
Noun
*mīere f
- (zoology) ant
- Synonym: ǣmette
Declension
Declension of *miere (weak)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | *mīere | *mīeran |
accusative | *mīeran | *mīeran |
genitive | *mīeran | *mīerena |
dative | *mīeran | *mīerum |
Descendants
- Middle English: mire, myre
- English: mire
- ⇒ Middle English: pisse-mire
- English: pismire
- ⇒ English: antmire
- English: pismire