Where does “kiipijähiiri” come from?
kiipijähiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiipijä, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
kiipijähiiri (Finnish): climbing mouse appears in common names of mouse-like rodents in the genera Dendromus, Dendroprionomys, Irenomys, Megadendromus, Pogonomys, Rhipidomys and Vernaya
Definitions
- climbing mouse appears in common names of mouse-like rodents in the genera Dendromus, Dendroprionomys, Irenomys, Megadendromus, Pogonomys, Rhipidomys and Vernaya
Ancestry of “kiipijähiiri”, step by step
kiipijähiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kiipijä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiipijä | climber; a bird of the genus "Climacteris"; the... |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |