Where does “hiirakko” come from?

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

hiirakko (Finnish): grullo; a horse that has gray hair on black skin

Definitions

  1. grullo; a horse that has gray hair on black skin

Ancestry of “hiirakko”, step by step

hiirakko traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiiri

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

via Finnish akka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
2Proto-Finnicakkaold woman

via Finnish o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisho—
Every word from Proto-Uralic šiŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic hiiri →Every word from Finnish hiiri →