Where does “ruskohiirimaki” come from?

ruskohiirimaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiirimaki, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

ruskohiirimaki (Finnish): brown mouse lemur, "Microcebus rufus"

Definitions

  1. brown mouse lemur, "Microcebus rufus"

Ancestry of “ruskohiirimaki”, step by step

ruskohiirimaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiirimaki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiirimakimouse lemur
2FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish rusko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishruskoThe reddish glow at or near the horizon during...
2Finnishruskeabrown; A brown color
3Proto-Finnicruskedabrown, red
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Mäki →