Where does “maamyyräsopuli” come from?
maamyyräsopuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish maamyyrä, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maamyyräsopuli (Finnish): mole vole cricetic rodent of the genus
Definitions
- mole vole cricetic rodent of the genus
Ancestry of “maamyyräsopuli”, step by step
maamyyräsopuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maamyyrä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maamyyrä | European mole; Any of the small burrowing... |
| 2 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish sopuli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sopuli | lemming; lemming, true lemming; Norway lemming,... |
| 2 | Russian | собо́ль | sable |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | соболь | sable (Martes zibellina) |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | *sobolь | sable (Martes zibellina) |
Words derived from “maamyyräsopuli”