Where does “kalliomäyrä” come from?

kalliomäyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kallio, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kallijo, from Proto-Germanic hallijǭ.

kalliomäyrä (Finnish): hyrax

Definitions

  1. hyrax

Ancestry of “kalliomäyrä”, step by step

kalliomäyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kallio

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

via Finnish mäyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäyräThe Eurasian badger or European badger; Any of...
2Proto-Finnicmäkräbadger
Every word from Proto-Germanic hallijǭ →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kallijo →Every word from Finnish Kallio →