Where does “kalliohiiri” come from?

kalliohiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiiri, from Proto-Finnic hiiri, from Proto-Uralic šiŋere — mouse.

kalliohiiri (Finnish): rock mouse mouse of the genus Petromyscus

Definitions

  1. rock mouse mouse of the genus Petromyscus

Ancestry of “kalliohiiri”, step by step

kalliohiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhiiriA mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a...
2Proto-Finnichiirimouse
3Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse

via Finnish Kallio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKallioAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kallijo—
3Proto-Germanichallijǭ—

Words derived from “kalliohiiri”

Every word from Proto-Uralic šiŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic hiiri →Every word from Finnish hiiri →