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
- brown mouse lemur, "Microcebus rufus"
Ancestry of “ruskohiirimaki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | hiirimaki | mouse lemur |
| 2 | Finnish | Mäki | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 4 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |