Where does “kaukasianjirdi” come from?

kaukasianjirdi (Finnish) comes from Finnish jirdi, from English jird, from Arabic جُرَذ — a desert rodent with black tail tips, like many...

kaukasianjirdi (Finnish): Vinogradov's jird, Meriones vinogradovi

Definitions

  1. Vinogradov's jird, Meriones vinogradovi

Ancestry of “kaukasianjirdi”, step by step

kaukasianjirdi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jirdi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjirdijird any rodent of genus
2EnglishjirdAny of various agricultural pest rodents of genus Meriones or rodents of certain species in the genera Sekeetamys, Brachiones, and sometimes Pachyuromys
3Arabicجُرَذa desert rodent with black tail tips, like many...

via Finnish Kaukasia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKaukasiaCaucasia
2RussianКавказия—
Every word from Arabic جُرَذ →Every word from English jird →Every word from Finnish jirdi →