Where does “kalliovuortensiiseli” come from?

kalliovuortensiiseli (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kalliovuoret, from Finnish Vuori, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

kalliovuortensiiseli (Finnish): Columbian ground squirrel, Urocitellus columbianus

Definitions

Columbian ground squirrel, Urocitellus columbianus

Ancestry of “kalliovuortensiiseli”, step by step

kalliovuortensiiseli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kalliovuoret

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	Kalliovuoret	The Rocky Mountains
2	Finnish	Vuori	mountain large mass of earth and rock
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 siiseli

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	siiseli	European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus
2	English	sisel	The suslik

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →