Where does “brasilianpuuhiiri” come from?

brasilianpuuhiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish Brasilia, from Portuguese brasil, from Portuguese -il, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

brasilianpuuhiiri (Finnish): Brazilian arboreal mouse, Rhagomys rufescens

Definitions

  1. Brazilian arboreal mouse, Rhagomys rufescens

Ancestry of “brasilianpuuhiiri”, step by step

brasilianpuuhiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Brasilia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBrasilia—
2Portuguesebrasilbrazilwood; relating to embers, ember-coloured
3Portuguese-il-ile
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish puuhiiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuhiiritree mouse rodent of the New Guinean genus Chiruromys
2FinnishhiiriA mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a...
3Proto-Finnichiirimouse
4Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Portuguese -il →