Where does “isopuuhiiri” come from?

isopuuhiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish iso, from Finnish isä, from Proto-Finnic icä, from Proto-Uralic ićä — father.

isopuuhiiri (Finnish): greater tree mouse, Chiruromys forbesi species of rodent

Definitions

  1. greater tree mouse, Chiruromys forbesi species of rodent

Ancestry of “isopuuhiiri”, step by step

isopuuhiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisobig; large; great
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather

via Finnish puuhiiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuhiiritree mouse rodent of the New Guinean genus Chiruromys
2FinnishhiiriA mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a...
3Proto-Finnichiirimouse
4Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →