Where does “hämymyyrikkö” come from?

hämymyyrikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish hämy, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

hämymyyrikkö (Finnish): silvery mole rat, silvery blesmol, silky mole-rat, Heliophobius argenteocinereus

Definitions

  1. silvery mole rat, silvery blesmol, silky mole-rat, Heliophobius argenteocinereus

Ancestry of “hämymyyrikkö”, step by step

hämymyyrikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hämy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhämytwilight, gloom
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish myyrikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyyrikköblesmol, mole-rat, African mole-rat burrowing rodent of the family Bathyergidae native to Sub-Saharan Africa
2Finnishmyyräcricetid; Cricetidae; vole
3Proto-Finnicmükrämole
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish hämy →