Where does “hillerimäyrä” come from?

hillerimäyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mäyrä, from Proto-Finnic mäkrä — badger.

hillerimäyrä (Finnish): ferret-badger mustelid of the genus Melogale

Definitions

  1. ferret-badger mustelid of the genus Melogale

Ancestry of “hillerimäyrä”, step by step

hillerimäyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mäyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäyräThe Eurasian badger or European badger; Any of...
2Proto-Finnicmäkräbadger

via Finnish hilleri

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

Words derived from “hillerimäyrä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic mäkrä →Every word from Finnish mäyrä →
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