Where does “hillerikärppä” come from?

hillerikärppä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärppä, from Proto-Finnic kärppä — stoat, ermine.

hillerikärppä (Finnish): Patagonian weasel, Lyncodon patagonicus

Definitions

  1. Patagonian weasel, Lyncodon patagonicus

Ancestry of “hillerikärppä”, step by step

hillerikärppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärppästoat, short-tailed weasel; ermine especially in the white winter coat, Mustela erminea
2Proto-Finnickärppästoat, ermine

via Finnish hilleri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhilleripolecat
2Swedishillerpolecat, "Mustela putorius"; ferret, "Mustela...
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