Where does “kashmirinmyyrä” come from?

kashmirinmyyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish myyrä, from Proto-Finnic mükrä — mole.

kashmirinmyyrä (Finnish): Kashmir vole vole of the genus Hyperacrius

Definitions

  1. Kashmir vole vole of the genus Hyperacrius

Ancestry of “kashmirinmyyrä”, step by step

kashmirinmyyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyyräcricetid; Cricetidae; vole
2Proto-Finnicmükrämole

via Finnish Kashmir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKashmir—
Every word from Proto-Finnic mükrä →Every word from Finnish myyrä →