Where does “arojerbo” come from?

arojerbo (Finnish) comes from Finnish jerbo, from English jerboa, from Arabic جَرْبُوع.

arojerbo (Finnish): northern three-toed jerboa, Dipus sagitta

Definitions

  1. northern three-toed jerboa, Dipus sagitta

Ancestry of “arojerbo”, step by step

arojerbo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jerbo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjerbojerboa
2EnglishjerboaAny of a number of species comprising most of the...
3Arabicجَرْبُوع—

via Finnish aro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisharosteppe; humid or swampy meadow or plain
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Arabic جَرْبُوع →