Where does “isohiirimaki” come from?

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

isohiirimaki (Finnish): grey mouse lemur, Microcebus murinus species of lemur found in Madagascar

Definitions

  1. grey mouse lemur, Microcebus murinus species of lemur found in Madagascar

Ancestry of “isohiirimaki”, step by step

isohiirimaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiirimaki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiirimakimouse lemur
2FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish iso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisobig; large; great
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Mäki →