Where does “japaninokahiiri” come from?

japaninokahiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish japani, from German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

japaninokahiiri (Finnish): Ryukyu spiny rat, Tokudaia osimensis

Definitions

  1. Ryukyu spiny rat, Tokudaia osimensis

Ancestry of “japaninokahiiri”, step by step

japaninokahiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish japani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjapaniJapanese language
2GermanJapan—
3DutchJapan—
4MalayJepangJapanese
5Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
6Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

via Finnish okahiiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishokahiirispiny mouse mouse of the genus
2FinnishhiiriA mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a...
3Proto-Finnichiirimouse
4Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse
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