Where does “mongolianjirdi” come from?

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

mongolianjirdi (Finnish): Mongolian gerbil, Mongolian jird, Meriones unguiculatus

Definitions

  1. Mongolian gerbil, Mongolian jird, Meriones unguiculatus

Ancestry of “mongolianjirdi”, step by step

mongolianjirdi 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 mongolia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmongoliaThe Mongolian language
2RussianМонго́лия—
Every word from Arabic جُرَذ →Every word from English jird →Every word from Finnish jirdi →