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Where does “hiirimaki” come from?

hiirimaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

hiirimaki (Finnish): mouse lemur

Definitions

  1. mouse lemur

Ancestry of “hiirimaki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMäki—
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-s—
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “hiirimaki”

  • ruskohiirimaki
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