Where does “metsäsopuli” come from?
metsäsopuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish sopuli, from Russian собо́ль, from Old East Slavic соболь, from Proto-Slavic *sobolь.
metsäsopuli (Finnish): wood lemming
Ancestry of “metsäsopuli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | sopuli | lemming; lemming, true lemming; Norway lemming,... |
| 2 | Russian | собо́ль | sable |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | соболь | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | *sobolь | — |