Where does “balkanintunnelimyyrä” come from?

balkanintunnelimyyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunneli, from English Tunnel, from Old French tonel, from Old French tone, from Late Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tunna — hide, skin.

balkanintunnelimyyrä (Finnish): Thomas’s pine vole, Microtus thomasi

Definitions

  1. Thomas’s pine vole, Microtus thomasi

Ancestry of “balkanintunnelimyyrä”, step by step

balkanintunnelimyyrä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tunneli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtunnelitunnel
2EnglishTunnelAn underground or underwater passage
3Old Frenchtonelbarrel
4Old Frenchtonelarge barrel
5Late Latintunnatun, box
6Proto-Celtictunnahide, skin

via Finnish myyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyyräcricetid; Cricetidae; vole
2Proto-Finnicmükrämole

via Finnish Balkan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBalkan—
2Ottoman TurkishبالقانThe Balkan mountains
Every word from Proto-Celtic tunna →Every word from Late Latin tunna →Every word from Old French tone →