Where does “peurahiiru” come from?

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

peurahiiru (Finnish): deer mouse, deermouse any New World mouse of the genus

Definitions

  1. deer mouse, deermouse any New World mouse of the genus

Ancestry of “peurahiiru”, step by step

peurahiiru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiiru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhiiruNew World mouse
2FinnishhiiriA mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a...
3Proto-Finnichiirimouse
4Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse

via Finnish peura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeuraa reindeer or a caribou, a general term used to...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pëtra—

Words derived from “peurahiiru”

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