Where does “rasvahiiri” come from?

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

rasvahiiri (Finnish): fat mouse rodent in genus

Definitions

  1. fat mouse rodent in genus

Ancestry of “rasvahiiri”, step by step

rasvahiiri 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 rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

Words derived from “rasvahiiri”

Every word from Proto-Uralic šiŋere →