pinagor

/'pi.na.gor/ 1l@crbR
noun
ant, (lit.) "small biter"
plural pinegyr
Neologism. Source: Celephinnel
✦✦✧✧✧ Debated
noun Animals

Etymology

Root: √PI(N) "little"
Root: √NAK "bite"
pinakro › pinakr › penakr › penagr › penagor View phonetic development in Quettamorphosis

Elements

  • PI small root
  • NAK bite root
  • -ro old agental formation suffix

Notes

Ant is a remarkably conservative word. Germanic languages seem to inherit the word from PIE meaning "the biter-off". This is the only descriptive word for "ant" that I could find, so I've decided to copy the metaphor by using √PI "small" and coining a "biter" with √NAK "bite" and -ro.