Where does “balkaninmyyrä” come from?

balkaninmyyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish myyrä, from Proto-Finnic mükrä — mole.

balkaninmyyrä (Finnish): Martino’s snow vole, Dinaromys bogdanovi

Definitions

  1. Martino’s snow vole, Dinaromys bogdanovi

Ancestry of “balkaninmyyrä”, step by step

balkaninmyyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyyräcricetid; Cricetidae; vole
2Proto-Finnicmükrämole

via Finnish Balkan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBalkan—
2Ottoman TurkishبالقانThe Balkan mountains
Every word from Proto-Finnic mükrä →Every word from Finnish myyrä →