Where does “jättiläissokkohiiri” come from?
jättiläissokkohiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish jättiläinen, from Finnish lainen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
jättiläissokkohiiri (Finnish): giant mole rat, Russian mole rat, Spalax giganteus species of mole rat found in a limited area of Kazakhstan and southern Russia
Definitions
- giant mole rat, Russian mole rat, Spalax giganteus species of mole rat found in a limited area of Kazakhstan and southern Russia
Ancestry of “jättiläissokkohiiri”, step by step
jättiläissokkohiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jättiläinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jättiläinen | A giant; An ogre; giant, gigantic; sometimes also... |
| 2 | Finnish | lainen | that is like; -like |
| 3 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 4 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 8 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 9 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 12 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish sokkohiiri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sokkohiiri | mole rat |
| 2 | Finnish | hiiri | A mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hiiri | mouse |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | šiŋere | mouse |