Where does “ruohohiiru” come from?
ruohohiiru (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiiru, from Finnish hiiri, from Proto-Finnic hiiri, from Proto-Uralic šiŋere — mouse.
ruohohiiru (Finnish): grass mouse New World mouse of the genus
Definitions
- grass mouse New World mouse of the genus
Ancestry of “ruohohiiru”, step by step
ruohohiiru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hiiru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hiiru | New World mouse |
| 2 | Finnish | hiiri | A mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hiiri | mouse |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | šiŋere | mouse |
via Finnish ruoho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruoho | grass mass noun; blade of grass individual specimen |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | rooho | grass |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |