Where does “nokkahiiri” come from?

nokkahiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiiri, from Proto-Finnic hiiri, from Proto-Uralic šiŋere — mouse.

nokkahiiri (Finnish): shrew mouse shrew-like South-East Asian mice in various genera

Definitions

  1. shrew mouse shrew-like South-East Asian mice in various genera

Ancestry of “nokkahiiri”, step by step

nokkahiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhiiriA mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a...
2Proto-Finnichiirimouse
3Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse

via Finnish nokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokkabeak, bill, rostrum; beak; front of a car or...
2Proto-Finnicnokkabeak, bill

Words derived from “nokkahiiri”

Every word from Proto-Uralic šiŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic hiiri →Every word from Finnish hiiri →
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