Where does “hiiru” come from?

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

hiiru (Finnish): New World mouse

Definitions

  1. New World mouse

Ancestry of “hiiru”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hiiru”

Every word from Proto-Uralic šiŋere →