Where does “dağsiçanı” come from?

dağsiçanı (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani dağ, from Proto-Turkic tāg — mountain.

dağsiçanı (Azerbaijani): hamster

Definitions

  1. hamster

Ancestry of “dağsiçanı”, step by step

dağsiçanı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani dağ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanidağmountain s
2Proto-Turkictāgmountain

via Azerbaijani siçan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanisiçanmouse
2Proto-Turkicsïčganmouse
Every word from Proto-Turkic tāgEvery word from Azerbaijani dağ