Where does “altainmurmeli” come from?

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

altainmurmeli (Finnish): gray marmot, grey marmot, Altai marmot, Marmota baibacina species of marmot native to mountainous grasslands and shrub lands of central Asia

Definitions

  1. gray marmot, grey marmot, Altai marmot, Marmota baibacina species of marmot native to mountainous grasslands and shrub lands of central Asia

Ancestry of “altainmurmeli”, step by step

altainmurmeli 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 Altai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAltaiAltay mountain range
2RussianАлта́йsee Altai Mountains
3Old Turkic𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰖𐰃𐱁—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mur- →Every word from German murmeln →Every word from German Murmel →