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Where does “byrnesinpussihiiri” come from?

byrnesinpussihiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiiri, from Proto-Finnic hiiri, from Proto-Uralic šiŋere — mouse.

byrnesinpussihiiri (Finnish): kowari, Dasyuroides byrnei

Definitions

  1. kowari, Dasyuroides byrnei

Ancestry of “byrnesinpussihiiri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhiiriA mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a...
2Proto-Finnichiirimouse
3Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse
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