Where does “ecuadorinpiikkihiiri” come from?

ecuadorinpiikkihiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ecuador, from Spanish ecuador, from Medieval Latin aequator, from Latin aequō, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

ecuadorinpiikkihiiri (Finnish): South American spiny mouse, Scolomys melanops

Definitions

  1. South American spiny mouse, Scolomys melanops

Ancestry of “ecuadorinpiikkihiiri”, step by step

ecuadorinpiikkihiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Ecuador

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishEcuador
2Spanishecuadorequator
3Medieval Latinaequatorequalizer; equator; second-person singular future...
4Latinaequōto equalize, make equal to something else, equate
5Latinæquusequal
6Latinvocāre
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Finnish piikkihiiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiikkihiirispiny mouse
2Finnishpiikkispike; Short for piikkikenkä; tine, prong
3Swedishspiknail; spike-shaped metal fastener; an fail-safe...
4Old Norsespíkr
5Proto-Germanicspīkaz
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspēy-to stretch; thrive; succeed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-Every word from Latin vocāreEvery word from Latin æquus