Where does “moninisärotta” come from?

moninisärotta (Finnish) comes from Finnish nisä, from Portuguese Nisa, from French nice, from Old French nice, from Latin nescius, from Latin nesciō, from Latin sciō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy- — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

moninisärotta (Finnish): multimammate mouse mouse of the genus

Definitions

  1. multimammate mouse mouse of the genus

Ancestry of “moninisärotta”, step by step

moninisärotta traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nisä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnisämamma; breast of a woman; teat, nipple
2PortugueseNisa
3Frenchnicecandid, naive
4Old Frenchnicesimple, foolish
5Latinnesciusunaware, ignorant; not knowing how, unable
6Latinnesciōto not know, to be ignorant, to not understand
7Latinsciōto be able to, to know, understand, to have practical knowledge
8Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
9Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

via Finnish rotta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrottarat; unemployed person living on welfare
2Old Swedishrotta
3Middle Low Germanrotte
4Proto-Germanicrattazrat
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

via Finnish moni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonimany; few, quite a few; many people, many
2Proto-Finnicmonimany
3Proto-Finno-Permicmone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÁit-
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