Where does “kiinanjerbo” come from?

kiinanjerbo (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kiina, from Swedish Kina, from Chinese 秦.

kiinanjerbo (Finnish): Mongolian five-toed jerboa, Siberian jerboa, Allactaga sibirica species of rodent in the family Dipodidae found in China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Turkmenistan

Definitions

Mongolian five-toed jerboa, Siberian jerboa, Allactaga sibirica species of rodent in the family Dipodidae found in China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Turkmenistan

Ancestry of “kiinanjerbo”, step by step

kiinanjerbo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kiina

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	Kiina	China; of China; Chinese
2	Swedish	Kina	China
3	Chinese	秦	—

via Finnish jerbo

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	jerbo	jerboa
2	English	jerboa	Any of a number of species comprising most of the...
3	Arabic	جَرْبُوع	—

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