Where does “alaskanmurmeli” come from?

alaskanmurmeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish murmeli, from Swedish murmel, from German Murmel, from German murmeln, from Proto-Indo-European mur- — to mutter.

alaskanmurmeli (Finnish): Alaska marmot, Brooks Range marmot, Brower's marmot,Marmota broweri species of marmot found in the slopes of the Brooks Range, Alaska

Definitions

  1. Alaska marmot, Brooks Range marmot, Brower's marmot,Marmota broweri species of marmot found in the slopes of the Brooks Range, Alaska

Ancestry of “alaskanmurmeli”, step by step

alaskanmurmeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish murmeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmurmeliA marmot
2Swedishmurmel—
3GermanMurmelmarble small glass ball
4Germanmurmelnto mumble, to murmur
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmur-to mutter

via Finnish Alaska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAlaska—
2EnglishAlaskaEllipsis of baked Alaska
3RussianАля́ска—
4Aleutalaxsxaqthat toward which the action of the sea is...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mur- →Every word from German murmeln →Every word from German Murmel →