Where does “idänkenttämyyrä” come from?

idänkenttämyyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish itä, from Proto-Finnic itä, from Proto-Uralic itä- — to appear.

idänkenttämyyrä (Finnish): southern vole

Definitions

  1. southern vole

Ancestry of “idänkenttämyyrä”, step by step

idänkenttämyyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitäeast; east, eastern; East, the Orient
2Proto-Finnicitäeast
3Proto-Uralicitä-to appear

via Finnish kenttämyyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenttämyyräcommon vole
2Finnishkenttäfield; A limited area where a game is played, a...
3Proto-Samickientēmeadow, field
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