Where does “hiirenkorvasiippa” come from?

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

hiirenkorvasiippa (Finnish): lesser mouse-eared bat, Myotis blythii

Definitions

  1. lesser mouse-eared bat, Myotis blythii

Ancestry of “hiirenkorvasiippa”, step by step

hiirenkorvasiippa 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 korva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorvaear; edge, border; handle
2Proto-Finnickorvaear; side part; handle

via Finnish siippa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiippaspouse; Any bat of the subfamily Vespertilioninae...
2Finnishsiipiwing; sail; blade or a paddle of a water wheel or...
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