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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishEcuador—
2Spanishecuadorequator
3Medieval Latinaequatorequalizer; equator; second-person singular future...
4Latinaequō—
5Latinæquus—
6Latinvocāre—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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