Etymology Explorer › FinnishWhere does “kääpiöhiirimaki” come from? kääpiöhiirimaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiirimaki, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
kääpiöhiirimaki (Finnish): pygmy mouse lemur, Microcebus myoxinus
Definitions pygmy mouse lemur, Microcebus myoxinus Ancestry of “kääpiöhiirimaki”, step by step kääpiöhiirimaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hiirimaki Step Language Word Meaning 1 Finnish hiirimaki mouse lemur 2 Finnish Mäki Any of a number of small places in Finland 3 Finnish -lä Front vowel variant of -la 4 Finnish -as Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns 5 Proto-Finnic -s Forms nouns 6 Proto-Finno-Ugric -s —
via Finnish kääpiö Step Language Word Meaning 1 Finnish kääpiö midget, dwarf; dwarf star, dwarf 2 Finnish -io Forms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms... 3 Finnish -o Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... 4 Proto-Finnic -o Forms action/result nouns from verbs 5 Proto-Uralic -w —