Where does “myyrätuho” come from?

myyrätuho (Finnish) comes from Finnish myyrä, from Proto-Finnic mükrä — mole.

myyrätuho (Finnish): damage caused by voles, cricetids, moles

Definitions

  1. damage caused by voles, cricetids, moles

Ancestry of “myyrätuho”, step by step

myyrätuho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyyräcricetid; Cricetidae; vole
2Proto-Finnicmükrämole

via Finnish tuho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhodestruction; fall; doom
2Proto-Finnictuhodestruction, ruin
Every word from Proto-Finnic mükrä →Every word from Finnish myyrä →