Where does “hiirihämähäkki” come from?

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

hiirihämähäkki (Finnish): mouse spider venomous spider of the chiefly Australian genus Missulena

Definitions

  1. mouse spider venomous spider of the chiefly Australian genus Missulena

Ancestry of “hiirihämähäkki”, step by step

hiirihämähäkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiiri

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

via Finnish hämähäkki

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