Where does “tsintsillahiiri” come from?

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

tsintsillahiiri (Finnish): Altiplano chinchilla mouse, Chinchillula sahamae

Definitions

  1. Altiplano chinchilla mouse, Chinchillula sahamae

Ancestry of “tsintsillahiiri”, step by step

tsintsillahiiri 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 tsintsilla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtsintsillachinchilla
2Spanishchinchillachinchilla
Every word from Proto-Uralic šiŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic hiiri →Every word from Finnish hiiri →